Photo courtesy Paul Zukerberg.It’s been a long battle for Paul Zukerberg, the lawyer and former At-Large candidate who’s vying to become D.C.’s first elected attorney general, but soon it’ll all come to an end. At least for the time being.
Tomorrow, a D.C. Superior Court judge will hear Zukerberg’s motion for a preliminary injunction against the Council. Although D.C. voters decided that they would like to vote for an elected attorney general in 2014, the Council passed a bill to delay that election until 2018. Zukerberg has since been fighting the Council to ensure that there will be an election on April 1 and his name will be on the ballot. In the past year he’s faced many speed bumps along the way, including having his initial injunction denied. The Office of Campaign Finance also told him to stop campaigning before changing their minds and reversing that decision.
D.C. Superior Court Judge Laura A. Cordero will hear Zukerberg’s motion for a preliminary injunction tomorrow at 9:30 a.m., before issuing a decision on his case and whether or not there will be an attorney general election in April. Time is running out, as the D.C. Board of Elections plan to print the primary ballot in February without the office of the AG. Whatever happens, Zukerberg says that he will continue his quest to become D.C.’s first elected attorney general.
“I will continue my campaign for D.C. Attorney General, and to fight for the right of all D.C. voters to elect their Attorney General in 2014,” Zukerberg said in a release. “That is what the voters want, and that is what the law requires,” said Zukerberg.