The city's 140 voting precincts will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. tomorrow. Two at-large and four ward members of the D.C. Council. A president and four members of the D.C. Board of Education. Griffiths, who advocates affordable housing, health care and a higher minimum wage, conducted the first part of the rally until former talk show host Phil Donahue took over. Every day, we hear about a new developer gentrifying the area.
Every time there's a problem, they bring in a consultant and privatize services.
But most who attended the rally were not from the District. Earlier, McBryde, who resigned from the staff of the D.C. financial control board in June to run for office, attended services at influential churches east of the Anacostia River. The support of the Rev. Leon Lipscombe Sr., of Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church, could help tip votes in Wards 7 and 8 toward McBryde, who has emphasized financial accountability and her government and community experience. Schwartz, the city's best-known Republican politician, led a motorcade that traveled to every ward over the weekend. Peggy Cooper Cafritz and Robert G. Childs, both running for school board president, worked the crowds at the rally.