The mayor of the District of Columbia is the head of the executive branch of the government of the District of Columbia. The mayor has the duty to enforce...
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a list of mayors of Washington, D.C., and associated political entities. The federal district of the United States was first designated by the amended...
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The District of Columbia has a mayor–council government that operates under Article One of the United States Constitution and the District of Columbia...
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The District of Columbia (a political division coterminous with Washington, D.C.) holds general elections every two years to fill various D.C. government...
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District of Columbia home rule is the District of Columbia residents' ability to govern their local affairs. As the federal capital, the Constitution grants...
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The District of Columbia National Guard is the branch of the National Guard of the United States based in the District of Columbia. It comprises both the...
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District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. It ruled that the Second Amendment...
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Voting rights of citizens in the District of Columbia differ from the rights of citizens in the 50 U.S. states. The United States Constitution grants...
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Walter Washington (category Mayors of Washington, D.C.)
was the chief executive of the District of Columbia from 1967 to 1979, serving as the first and only Mayor-Commissioner of the District of Columbia from...
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Sharon Pratt (category Women mayors of places in the United States)
and politician who was the mayor of the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1995, the first mayor born in the District of Columbia since Richard Wallach...
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Vincent C. Gray (category Members of the Council of the District of Columbia)
politician who served as the mayor of the District of Columbia from 2011 to 2015. He served for one term, losing his bid for reelection in the Democratic primary...
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are serving as the governor of an unincorporated U.S. territory. 2 women have served or are serving as Mayor of the District of Columbia. Currently, 12...
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Muriel Bowser (redirect from Mayor Bowser)
as the mayor of the District of Columbia since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously represented the 4th ward as a member of the Council...
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Adrian Fenty (category Members of the Council of the District of Columbia)
December 6, 1970) is an American politician who served as the mayor of the District of Columbia from 2007 to 2011. A Washington, D.C. native, Fenty graduated...
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The District of Columbia and United States Territories quarters were a series of six quarters minted by the United States Mint in 2009 to honor the District...
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Anthony A. Williams (redirect from Tony Williams (Washington mayor))
the mayor of the District of Columbia, for two terms, from 1999 to 2007. Williams had previously served as chief financial officer for the district,...
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Washington, D.C. (redirect from Economy of the District of Columbia)
the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac...
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The Council of the District of Columbia (or simply D.C. Council) is the legislative branch of the government of the District of Columbia. As permitted...
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The District of Columbia Army National Guard is the Army component of the District of Columbia National Guard. As the District of Columbia is a federal...
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The District of Columbia's at-large congressional district is a congressional district encompassing all of Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United...
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Exorcist steps (redirect from The Exorcist steps)
official tourist attraction by Mayor of the District of Columbia Muriel Bowser, with a plaque unveiled at the base of the steps recognizing its importance...
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The District of Columbia statehood movement is a political movement that advocates making the District of Columbia a U.S. state, to provide the residents...
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Republicans in the District of Columbia. No Republican has ever been elected mayor since District of Columbia home rule began in 1975. The DC Republicans...
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transferred from the federal government to the Mayor of the District of Columbia under the Home Rule Act. D.C. Code § 10-1005 establishes the "Protective Services...
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appointed by the mayor, District of Columbia voters approved a charter amendment in 2010 that made the office an elected position beginning in 2015. The current...
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Marion Christopher Barry (category Candidates in the 2015 United States elections)
owner and the son of Marion Barry, who was a two-time Mayor of the District of Columbia long-term district councilmember. After the death of his father...
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Marion Barry (redirect from The bitch set me up)
as mayor of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991 and 1995 to 1999. A Democrat, Barry had served three tenures on the Council of the District of Columbia...
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District of Columbia retrocession is the act of returning some or all of the land that had been ceded to the federal government of the United States for...
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condition of a thing, and the second refers to the political conception of a state. The mayor of the District of Columbia gives a State of the District address...
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Carol Schwartz (category Members of the Council of the District of Columbia)
member on the Council of the District of Columbia from 1985 to 1989 and again from 1997 to 2009. A five-time perennial candidate for mayor, she is the only...
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