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...former Washington Mayor Marion Barry is all but certain to run the District of Columbia again after drawing 47 percent of the vote in yesterday's Democratic mayoral primary. City councilman John Ray, the Establishment candidate, got 37 percent, and beleaguered Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly straggled in with a mere 13 percent. How did Barry do it? "It's clear that he won it by registering an unprecedented number of voters in southeast Washington, in the poorest neighborhoods," says TIME Washington correspondent James Carney. Many of this crowd had never voted before. Barry's return may intensify middle-class flight...
With enough voters so faithful as these, Barry, 58, may achieve one of the most improbable political comebacks in U.S. history. A Washington Post poll last week showed him in a statistical dead heat -- 34% to 33% -- with city councilman John Ray in a three-way contest to win the Sept. 13 Democratic primary, where elections in Washington are usually decided. Well behind both Barry and Ray was incumbent Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly, with just 14% support...
...houses should first be inspected for water moccasins. They also wanted to be sure that none of the alligators that inhabit the Flint River had taken a liking to suburban living. "It's going to be a long time before things get back to normal around here," said city councilman Jack Henderson of Newton as he steered a boat through the town's / streets. The Rivertrace Restaurant and Oyster Bar was gone altogether, and the only sign of city hall was a vent pipe protruding from the water like a periscope...
Former Washington mayor Marion Barry is gaining steam in his bid for a comeback, despite his 1990 conviction for cocaine possession. A Washington Post poll shows Barry, now a city councilman, leading the D.C. mayor's race with 38 percent, 12 points ahead of challenger John Ray and 22 points above Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly. While many black voters think Barry's trial made him a martyr to white racism, TIME senior correspondent Jack E. White says Kelly's recent municipal floundering has brought nostalgia for the '80s mayor: "The main thing is, he's remembered as a guy whom...
...city's first Hispanic councilperson in decades, was re-elected handily in each subsequent vote. (The cumulative arrangement ended this year, however, and it remains to be seen whether she will retain her seat when the system reverts.) Peoria has had only one cumulative election, which created a black councilman...