Ex-Mayor Barry Wins Council Seat in D.C.
<i> Associated Press</i>
WASHINGTON —
District of Columbia voters on Tuesday returned former Mayor Marion Barry to elective office.
Barry won the Democratic primary for the Ward 8 City Council seat earlier this year after being released from a six-month federal prison sentence for cocaine possession. On Tuesday, he easily beat Republican W. Cardell Shelton and independent Richard Miller to officially claim the seat.
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