Ward 2

Jack Evans resigned his post as Ward 2 DC Council member in January in advance of being formally expelled, and he was soundly defeated when he circled back in the June Democratic primary, seeking to reclaim his previously discarded seat.…

The special election scheduled for next week in Ward 2 may be pro forma. After all, several of the candidates already have decided not to compete. As reason for pulling out, they have cited the victory of Brooke Pinto in the June 2…

The race for the Ward 2 seat on the DC Council is ripe for confusion: The June 2 primary for the next four-year term features an eight-way race for the Democratic nomination and an uncontested candidate for the Republican nomination.…

The candidates vying for the Ward 2 seat on the DC Council are slated to square off again next week at a forum sponsored by the Logan Circle Community Association and Dupont Circle Citizens Association. The upcoming debate follows a Feb. 6…

Politically progressive activists and advocates were among the first to choose sides in a few of this year’s DC Council races. Even before anyone has officially qualified for the ballot, several organizations have announced endorsements.…

There’s a power vacuum in Washington: The Ward 2 seat on the DC Council is up for grabs with the Jan. 17 resignation of 29-year incumbent Jack Evans, who departed the office amid a massive ethics scandal. A special election to determine…

Let’s all calm down. The furor over former Ward 2 DC Council member Jack Evans’ attempt to mimic Houdini, escape political death and cast himself as brand-new shouldn’t surprise anyone — neither longtime District residents, nor local…

Until a week ago, we had dared to hope the Jack Evans nightmare was over. But Evans continues to haunt DC politics like a vengeful zombie. Ward 2 voters can expect to see his disgraced name on the ballot in both the Democratic primary and…

While the expulsion of Jack Evans from the DC Council moved a step closer this week with the approval and submission of the ad hoc committee’s final report and recommendation, the ethics saga is not yet in the rearview mirror. The formal…

Around 9:30 Tuesday morning, as DC Council members ended their breakfast before the scheduled legislative meeting, some lawmakers seemed uncertain about what would happen when the special committee — created to examine the Jack Evans…

DC Council’s handling over the past year of allegations of ethics violations by Jack Evans has been a wholly messy affair. Legislators engaged in rash behavior, twice punishing the Ward 2 representative before conducting their own…

During one of his four interviews with investigators at the law firm O’Melveny & Myers, Ward 2 DC Council member Jack Evans was asked to identify the specific circumstances that would trigger a conflict of interest. He reportedly…

Democratic contenders for DC Council in Ward 2 got their first shot at breaking out in an increasingly crowded contest at a debate Thursday night. Six hopefuls were on the stage but much of the focus was on a potential candidate who wasn’t…

Four months after the first challenger entered the Ward 2 DC Council race with hopes of unseating embattled incumbent Jack Evans, the contest now features five hopefuls jockeying for votes in the Democratic primary come next June. In…

The day after FBI agents raided his home as part of an ongoing federal corruption investigation, Ward 2 DC Council member Jack Evans drew a warm welcome at the Ward 2 Democrats elections — and a positive result at the ballot box, with past…

Now that Jack Evans has resigned from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s board of directors, is there really any question as to whether he should also step down as Ward 2’s representative on the DC Council? When news…

It isn’t just some handy cliché for which many of us reach when we can’t seem to precisely describe the potential danger inherent in a situation. In fact, there is such a place as the slippery slope. How and when did Ward 2 DC Council…