How well are D.C. elections managed? Well, if we’re looking at 2008, pretty terribly, but things got better in 2010.

We love comparing ourselves to other cities throughout the country, so why not put the District’s august legislative body against 14 of its counterparts to see how it stacks up? That’s exactly what the Philadelphia Research Initiative of the Pew Charitable Trusts did, and today, it’s rolling out the results in a report titled “City Councils in Philadelphia and Other Major Cities: Who Holds Office, How Long They Serve, and How Much It All Costs.” The report ranks our D.C. Council against legislative bodies in New York, Philadelphia, San Antonio, Detroit, Los Angeles, Boston, Phoenix and seven more according to a number of quantifiable measures, including budgets, staffs, salaries and tenure.