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With the chances increasing that D.C. might need a new mayor before the scheduled 2014 mayoral election, plenty of rumors are flying as to who could step up to the challenge. Councilmember Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6) has already said he’d like the political promotion, and word has it that both councilmembers Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) and Muriel Bowser (D-Ward 4) are similarly interested.

One person who isn’t eyeing the city’s top job, though, is Councilmember David Catania (I-At Large). On The Kojo Nnamdi Show today, Catania said that while he thinks he could have once made a good mayor, he just isn’t motivated to pursue it at this point: “I don’t want it as much as the others. It’s just the truth,” he said. (There’s still the chance that he could run for D.C. Attorney General, though, which becomes an elected post in 2004.)

Catania, who joined the council as a Republican but abandoned the party in 2004 over its stance on same-sex marriage, could have had a shot at the seat—according to today’s Post poll, 32 percent of respondents view him favorably, to 16 percent who don’t. Much like Wells, Evans and Bowser, Catania is largely unknown to many residents.

Catania is one of three councilmembers to have called on Gray to resign, a request he echoed again today. “This is a bad chapter in a great book. We have to move to the next chapter,” he said.

It’s too bad, really. Catania’s sharp opinions and even sharper tongue would have been refreshing break from politics as usual. And his initials would lend themselves perfectly to an awesome campaign sign: “D.C. Needs DC!”