Redistricting, along with longtime Democratic Council member Vincent C. Gray announcing he would not seek reelection, has transformed the political landscape in Ward 7.
The decision about putting an NFL team at the RFK Stadium complex is one of the key issues in the race for D.C.'s Ward 7 council seat. On a cool Saturday morning in the District’s Hill East neighborhood, 10 candidates vying for the Ward 7 seat on the D.C.
In such a packed field, even the campaign signs seem to be competing for attention along Ward 7’s key intersections and corridors. Making matters more interesting, three of the candidates have similar-sounding names, leading to some talking-point shticks to help voters remember who they are, as if in a radio jingle.
Patricia Stamper, an advisory neighborhood commissioner in Deanwood, called this year’s Ward 7 campaign a “generational race,” believing that in such a period of transition for the ward, whoever pulls off the win could shape the community’s agenda for years to come. If you ask Stamper, that person should be Thompson or Felder, the two she believes have the strongest track records of service in the ward and whom she has supported with donations this year.
But at the forum in Hill East a week later, Felder addressed the questionnaire once again in his closing statement: “I just want to clear the record: under no circumstances do we support ,” he said, adding that it was a “reflective response to a hypothetical question.”as the race has heated up, painting her as the big-money candidate but a relative newcomer to Ward 7 politics. At a; Payne said dog-nappings were traumatic for dog owners as well.
Asked at the Hill East candidate forum how he would try to strengthen Ward 7’s schools, Brown, a former high school math teacher, said the city’s leaders have spent time debating who should have control over the school system instead of focusing on needed improvements. He also said school funding levels and the allocation of resources should be determined by the individual needs of each school, community and its students — a line that drew applause.
When Payne, Thompson, Brown, Rasheed and Felder were asked if they supported a professional football stadium at the RFK complex, Rasheed was the only one to fully raise her hand — although she has said she would not prioritize taxpayer funds for the stadium itself. Felder equivocated, repeating a call to create a task force composed of the stadium’s surrounding neighborhoods.
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