Gray Defeats Fenty In Straw Poll

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

District police were called out to direct traffic and maintain order as hundreds of Ward 4 residents – many of them union members – turned out in droves to vote for Vince Gray for DC Mayor in last night's Ward 4 Democratic straw poll at Saint Georges Church. Gray served up an embarrassing loss to Mayor Adrian Fenty in his home base, winning the poll with 581 votes to Fenty’s 401. “Tension filled the air as people stood in line, which was wrapped around the block, in the sweltering heat, for two hours chanting in support of their candidate,” Alya Solomon, Assistant Political Coordinator for the Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO told Union City. “This overwhelming victory for Gray shows us that Fenty has lost his base and can be beaten come September 14.” Click here for coverage in The Georgetown Dish. – photo by RJ Smith/The Georgetown Dish