Board to certify Brown's council win despite GOP challenge

November 23, 2008 - 9:11pm

Mark Segraves, WTOP Radio

WASHINGTON — WTOP has learned that Michael A. Brown will keep his at large seat on the D.C. Council despite a challenge from the city's Republican Party.

The Board of Elections will certify Brown's win Monday.

Brown won an at-large seat to the city council earlier this month in the general election and received 71,304 votes. Brown has mainly been identified as a Democrat. His father was the former Secretary of Commerce in President Clinton's administration.

Brown switched his affiliation in order to run for the one at-large seat that under city law must be held by a member not in the majority party.

Members of the local Republican Party challenged Brown's win saying it violated the city's election laws. Members say while Brown may have switched his political affiliation that he still remains a Democrat.

Sources tell WTOP that the D.C. Board of Elections sent a letter to the local Republican Party Friday night saying that Brown met all the requirements to serve on the city council.

Paul Craney, director of the D.C. Republican Party, tells WTOP that the party intends to appeal the board's decision.

Mark Segraves, WTOP Radio

WASHINGTON — WTOP has learned that Michael A. Brown will keep his at large seat on the D.C. Council despite a challenge from the city's Republican Party.

The Board of Elections will certify Brown's win Monday.

Brown switched his affiliation in order to run for the one at-large seat that under city law must be held by a member not in the majority party.

Sources tell WTOP that the D.C. Board of Elections sent a letter to the local Republican Party Friday night saying that Brown met all the requirements to serve on the city council.

Paul Craney, director of the D.C. Republican Party, tells WTOP that the party intends to appeal the board's decision.

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