7D01 Field Gets Crowded

Three individuals have picked up petitions to run for Commissioner in ANC 7D01:  Benjamin Bennett, Lisa White (co-maintainer of this blog), and Veronica Raglin.

FULL DISCLOSURE:  Both Ms. White and Bob Coomber, author of this post and co-maintainer of this blog are supporters of Ms. White’s candidacy for ANC SMD 7D01.

ANC stands for “Advisory Neighborhood Commission.”  Each commission is comprised of two to fifteen members who represent “Single Member Districts,” or SMDs.  Three to six commissions make up a Ward, which is controlled by a councilmember.  Commission 7D has 7 Commissioners.  Most of Kingman Park is in Ward Seven, Commission D, SMD 1, hence ANC 7D01.

Candidates will have to collect 25 signatures from people who currently reside in the SMD boundaries.  Petitions and signatures are subject to challenge for ten days beginning on the third day after the filing deadline.  ANC commissioners also must currently and continuously live in the SMD for at least 60 days “preceding the day on which he files the nominating petitions as a candidate.”  DC ST § 1-309.05(a)(1)(A) and (B). Commissioners may not hold other elected offices.  Id. at (C).

Ms. White has served as ANC since January, 2010 after defeating Ms. Raglin by a 317-229 vote margin.  Before Kingman Park was moved from Ward 6 to Ward 7, Ms. Raglin served as ANC for 6A14.   Ms. Raglin served from 1994-1996 and again from 1996-1998.  Election results are not available.  Melissa C. Johnson won as a write-in candidate in 1998 with two votes.  No one ran for Commissioner in 2000.  Kingman Park was then moved to Ward 7.  Ms. Raglin then ran unopposed for 7D01 in 2002 and 2004.  Ms. Raglin defeated Patrick Jordan 265-200 in 2006; and ran in 2008 unopposed.

For more information on historical ANCs, go to the DC Board of Education website here.

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3 thoughts on “7D01 Field Gets Crowded”

  1. I can not wait to support Lisa White again. I have been a proud Kingman Park resident for five years now. Before Lisa took office I didn’t get notifications of the goings-on in the community.

    Now we are informed, updated, and empowered. Lisa White will have my vote!

  2. Correction: the “A” in ANC stands for “Advisory”; not Area. I too am a supporter of Lisa White and stand ready to help. For the first time in many many years, I feel like a valued member of a democratic community who doesn’t have to “:walk in lockstep” in order to get along with a tyranical leadership.

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