Original sentence: Barry was elected to three consecutive terms as mayor, holding the position for over a decade until his arrest and imprisonment on drug charges in 1990.Having credentials as an activist, legislator, and hero in a hostage crisis, Barry followed in Washington's mayoralty when its first elected mayor, Walter Washington, fell out of political favor in the 1978 election
Edited sentence: Barry was elected to three consecutive terms as mayor.Having credentials as an activist, legislator, and hero in a hostage crisis, Barry was seen as a natural heir to the Washington's mayoralty when its first elected mayor, Walter Washington, fell out of political favor in the 1978 election.He and held the position for over a decade until his arrest and imprisonment on drug charges in 1990.He faced charges of incompetence and cronyism, but won each election