Talk:List of members of the Council of the District of Columbia

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math lessons needed

Hey, it's been in the article for a long time, but all the stuff about timing of elections is too much for any one section, yet is repeated in multiple sections. And it doesn't say enough, partly, which probably could be amended by saying elections are usually in November and winners take office in January, if that's true. And it otherwise is often simply wrong. There are elections when needed, apparently, in the "wrong" years and maybe not in Novembers of those years.

Not one of the Ward 4 (or 2?) members ever took office in a year the mathematical series would predict....

Ward 4 member

The Ward 2 member was elected in 1974 to a 2-year term and elected in years divisible by 4 thereafter: 1976, 1980, ..., 2008, 2012, etc.

Arrington Dixon (D), 1975–1979
Charlene Drew Jarvis (D), 1979–2001 (won special election after Dixon became chairman)
Adrian Fenty (D), 2001–2007
Muriel Bowser (D), 2007–2015 (won special election after Fenty became mayor)
Brandon Todd (D), 2015– (won special election after Bowser became mayor)

Italicized sentence needs fixing or simply removal.--do ncr am 02:50, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that the descriptions are not ideal. While the descriptions are true (the elections do happen in November with the members with members taking office in January, except to fill vacancies), it's a convoluted way to say it and I can't find where it's decribed in D.C. law. The one thing that is clear, however, is that the Chairman of the District of Columbia is always referred to as the "chairman", regardless of the officeholder's gender. The term "Chairman" is set by the D.C. Home Rule Act. Best, epicAdam^(talk) 01:05, 4 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a William R Eric that works in the District of Columbia? RMJUDD (talk) 06:14, 13 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]