Trayon White edged out LaRuby May in Ward 8, Vince Gray made a decisive comeback in Ward 7, and Robert White took Vincent Orange’s At-large seat. Brandon Todd hung on to his Ward 4 seat.
In the race for his old Ward 7 seat, Gray has 52 percent of the vote to Yvette Alexander’s 23 percent.
Sold out isn’t exactly the right term, since admission is free. But regardless: the supply of tickets to Sunday night’s inaugural ball, during which Vince Gray and others will undoubtedly attempt to set the record for most people simultaneously hand-dancing in tuxedos and evening gowns, has been extinguished. Nikita Stewart reports that the Convention Center ran out of the 7,500 total tickets it had to give away at 11:05 a.m. this morning. Gray’s ball is…
Jul 02, 2010
Rhee Again Stresses Plan to Quit on Gray
AP Photo/Susan Walsh If we weren’t clear on this earlier in the week, D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee wants it to sink in over the holiday weekend — she’s not going to work with anyone but Mayor Adrian Fenty. In an interview with the Post’s Bill Turque, Rhee says, “I don’t believe that we can, I can, continue in this role and that we can continue this reform agenda with anything less than that,”…
Jun 29, 2010
The 2010 DCist Mayoral Dance-Off Straw Poll
Would anyone really have an issue with this fall’s mayoral primary being decided by a huge dance-off? I mean, at the very least, we should get a sense of what kind of funky moves the candidates can offer, right? Well, thanks to the wonder of internet video, we’re all in luck. Kind of. Here’s Mayor Adrian Fenty, getting down with his take on the Hee-Haw last Sunday: Quite a shot across the bow there by…
Jun 28, 2010
Fenty Backs Out of Education Debate with Gray
Photo by yonas1. We’re betting that there’s plenty of locals scratching their heads today, and we’re joining them. The Post is reporting that Mayor Adrian Fenty has backed out of a highly anticipated one-on-one debate with challenger Vincent Gray on, of all things, education. The debate, hosted by the Young Education Professionals and expected to draw well over the room’s 275-person capacity, would have allowed Fenty to lay out the case for his re-election…