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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the Washington, DC, city council special election

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in southeast Washington, D.C., will fill a vacant city council seat Tuesday in a special election to replace former Councilmember Trayon White, who was expelled from office in February following his 2024 arrest in a federal corruption probe. Among the candidates to replace White on the council is White himself.

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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the Washington, DC, city council special election

A District of Columbia Board of Elections sign advertising a special election in the city’s 8th Ward is pictured near the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge in southeast Washington, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Robert Yoon)


WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in southeast Washington, D.C., will fill a vacant city council seat Tuesday in a special election to replace former Councilmember Trayon White, who was expelled from office in February following his 2024 arrest in a federal corruption probe. Among the candidates to replace White on the council is White himself.

The election will again give residents of the district’s 8th Ward representation on the council as the city faces stemming from the Trump administration’s massive cuts to the federal workforce, with congressional Republicans and a possible clash between the Democratic mayor and the council over a proposed .

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