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DCision 2010: It’s Gonna Have Faith! And Anthony Motley!
With a mere 15 months remaining until Primary Day 2010, LL thought he would run down who is thus far committed to electoral runs---committed, in the sense of actually having filed papers with the Office of Campaign Finance.
Mayor
- Incumbent Adrian M. Fenty---Duh. Dude's got at least $2 million in the bank.
- Sulaimon Brown---D.C. Wire had the scoop on this 38-year-old former Fenty volunteer's challenge. He established his committee on May 5. His Web site fronts a pic with him and Barack Obama where Barack Obama does not seem to be acknowledging his existence.
- Faith, the exotic dancer turned trumpet-tooting, horse-riding perennial candidate, filed her papers on May 1.
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It’s Official: Motley Running as Independent
Well, that didn't take long: Anthony Motley will be running as an independent for an at-large council seat in 2010.
As first reported by LL last month, Motley is the first non-incumbent to declare for the 2010 at-large race, but there was some question over whether he would run as a Democrat or not. Motley is an elected member of the D.C. Democratic State Committee, but rumors and a sign posted at his Web site had him running as an independent. Ahem, "Independent Democrat."
No more suspense, though: At last night's DCDSC meeting, Motley announced to the group that we was officially resigning his seat, and that by next week, he would no longer be registered as a Democrat. He received, according to a member present, "polite applause."
Anthony Motley Declares 2010 Council Run
DCision 2010 begins in earnest: We have our first official D.C. Council challenger.
That would be the Rev. Anthony Motley, the Congress Heights minister and civic activist. Earlier this month, he sent a letter to a select group of friends, informing them that he has "decided to launch a campaign for an At-Large City Council seat in 2010" and inviting them to an April 4 meeting at the downtown law offices of A. Scott Bolden to discuss it.
In an interview, Motley, 59, says he simply "want[s] to explore the possibilities."
