WMAL Interview - Will Sommer 06.15.16

INTERVIEW — WILL SOMMER – Politics Editor and Loose Lips for Washington City Paper

DC voters oust 3 Council members. WASHINGTON — Primary voters in D.C. tossed three incumbents off the District’s Council in favor of two challengers and one former mayor. Former D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray won his primary race for his old Council seat, ousting incumbent Ward 7 Councilwoman Yvette Alexander and making a political comeback after a federal investigation derailed his last campaign. “Victory! Thank you!” Gray posted on his Twitter account Tuesday night. Bowser tried to drum up support for Alexander and other council members, greeting voters at polling places Tuesday, The Associated Press reported. Robert White beat at-large member Vincent Orange, who first joined the council in 1999, winning 40 percent of the votes to Orange’s 37 percent. A third candidate, David Garber, won 15 percent of the votes cast according to unofficial results. And Trayon White took 51 percent of the votes cast in the Ward 8 race to beat Councilwoman LaRuby May, who garnered 43 percent of the votes, according to unofficial results.