A week after voters bounced him in favor of challenger David Grosso, D.C. Councilmember Michael A. Brown (I-At Large) is thinking about a potential comeback. And if he does run in next spring’s special election to replace the at-large seat formerly held by now-Chairman Phil Mendelson, Brown will probably do it with the “D” next to his name that has eluded him.

In an interview on NewsTalk with Bruce DePuyt, Brown chalked up his loss to what he called unfair media coverage and voter confusion stemming from the fact that D.C. ballots also featured the name of Michael D. Brown, a shadow senator.

“We’ve got thousands of folks calling and e-mailing, saying that Michael D. Brown got (their vote) because he had the D beside his name, that people thought was me,” Brown said, as transcribed by The Washington Post. Michael A. Brown, in case he let you forget, is the son of late Commerce Secretary Ron Brown. He ran for the D.C. Council as an independent because the body’s rules dictate that no more than half the at-large seats can be represented by the majority party.

Grosso beat Brown by some 18,000 votes last Tuesday. For what it’s worth, Michael D. Brown netted more votes than Grasso’s and Michael A. Brown’s combined totals.

On Election Day, Grasso beat Brown soundly in wards 2, 3 and 6, and was far more competitive than expected in other parts of the city, including wards 5, 7 and 8. Brown also had to deal with a campaign finance scandal when more than $113,000 went missing from his campaign’s account.

The D.C. Democratic State Committee is set to pick an interim replacement for Mendelson’s old at-large seat on December 10. With Grosso joining David Catania as the D.C. Council’s at-large independents, Brown will be able to run with that “D” next to his name.