Photo courtesy Paul Zukerberg.

Those who were hoping to cast their vote for an elected attorney general in November, prepare to have your hopes crushed: it doesn’t look like it’s going to happen.

At a Council breakfast meeting this morning, Council Chairman Phil Mendelson withdrew a bill, originally proposed by Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3), that would put an attorney general election on the November general election ballot. The Post reports that during the meeting, many Councilmembers voiced their objections of the bill, citing the timing of the bill and the nomination process. Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie (D-Ward 5) said that he felt this bill was forced. “I think we do a disservice to people to try and force it through in November.”

This led to Mendelson withdrawing the bill, but the chances of an attorney general election in November aren’t quite dead yet. Attorney and former At-Large candidate Paul Zukerberg, who’s been steadfastly fighting to get an attorney general election on the November ballot (so that he can run), has filed an expedited appeal in the D.C. Court of Appeals challenging the D.C. Council’s decision to cancel an attorney general election in 2014.

Zukerberg tells DCist that about half a dozen organizations—including local think tank DC Appleseed, DC Vote, DC For Democracy, and others—have filed an amicus brief in support of Zukerberg’s challenge. The Court of Appeals will hear Zukerberg’s case on May 29.

“If this election isn’t held this year, we’ll never elect an attorney general,” Zukerberg thinks, “because Council can keep pushing it back as they see fit.” But Zukerberg feels good about his chances on May 29. “I wouldn’t have done it if I didn’t think we had a strong case,” he says.