DC Dem Profiles: Ward 5
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These are the Democratic Candidates for the Ward 5 Council
 Councilman Harry Tomas, Jr. (incumbent)
From his website:
Harry “Tommy” Thomas, Jr. campaigned for and successfully won the D.C. Ward 5 Council seat in November 2006. He was sworn into office in January 2007. Councilmember Thomas is Chair of the D.C. City Council’s Committee on Libraries, Parks, and Recreation. He sits on four additional committees: Finance and Revenue, Housing and Workforce Development, Government Operations and the Environment, and Aging and Community Affairs. Councilmember Thomas is the son of late three-term Ward 5 Councilmember Harry Thomas, Sr., and former D.C. Public School principal Romaine B. Thomas. Councilmember Thomas attended D.C. Public Schools and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School. He holds a degree in Public Relations/Marketing from Bowie State University. Councilmember Thomas was Vice President of Public Affairs for the Public Benefits Corporation (formerly D.C. General Hospital)...
Councilmember Thomas is a former Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, and has served as Chair of the Woodridge Health Clinic. He is a past President of the D.C. Young Democrats and a former At-Large elected member of the D.C. Democratic State party, for which he coordinated local and national events. Councilmember Thomas has worked for the national Democratic Party, holding the office of Treasurer. He has also served as the Adult and Youth Chair of the Neighborhood Planning Council. Councilmember Thomas is a member of the YMCA, NAACP, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, and Woodridge Boys and Girls Club.
 Kenyan McDuffie
From his website:
Kenyan worked as a trial attorney for the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he conducted investigations and managed cases throughout the United States regarding enforcement of key federal civil rights statutes, including defending the rights of the mentally ill, nursing home residents, and persons with disabilities, and also working to reform the policies and procedures of police departments throughout the country. Prior to joining the Justice Department, he worked as an Assistant State's Attorney in Prince George’s County, where he prosecuted misdemeanor and felony cases in District Court and on appeal in Circuit Court. He also served as a judicial law clerk for an Associate Judge on the 7th Judicial Circuit of Maryland...
Kenyan, an experienced attorney and civil rights advocate, is a proven community leader whose campaign, like his life’s work, is focused on your future. For more than a decade, Kenyan has dedicated himself to improving the lives of Ward Five residents and the collective life of the Ward Five community.
 Tracy D. Turner
From Tracy Turner's official campaign bio:
Tracey is passionate about public safety as he is a proud homeowner. As a board member for the North Capital Collaborative he fought to prevent child abuse and neglect for local youth. Tracey also engages youth by organizing street clean-up teams to help improve the quality and beauty of his neighborhood and parks. He is a real estate investor and has first hand knowledge and experience in providing quality public housing but also economic development, and he works in partnership with his neighbors to find solutions to their issues. Tracey also spends his time volunteering at the VA hospital visiting retired and elderly military personnel, and by volunteering at local schools teaching computer literacy and mathematics...
Tracey D. Turner earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Southern University. He has over a decade of experience as an IT professional in project and fiscal management for major fortune 500 consulting firms as well as the Department of Homeland Security, The Discovery Channel, CareFirst, and IBM. One of his most memorable moments was the impact he made in Ward 5 during the national election in 2008 when he organized and registered over 200 democratic voters within his community.
Last updated by Will Urquhart on August 18th 2010 |
