Vincent C. Gray

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Vincent Condol Gray (born November 8, 1942) is an American politician who served on the Council of the District of Columbia representing Ward 7 from 2017 to 2025. He was the mayor of the District of Columbia from 2011 to 2015. He served as mayor for one term, losing his bid for reelection in the Democratic primary to D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser in the 2014 election. Prior to his inauguration as mayor in January 2011, Gray served as chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, and as councilmember for Ward 7. In the 1990s he also served as director of the DC Department of Human Services. In June 2016, he defeated incumbent Yvette Alexander in the Democratic primary for the council seat he previously held in Ward 7.

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