WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA)--Kenyan McDuffie has won the Ward 5 council seat in Tuesday's special election. McDuffie won with almost 45-percent of the votes.
McDuffie will fill the vacant D.C. Council seat formerly held by Harry Thomas, Jr. Thomas resigned in January, after pleading guilty in federal court to two federal felonies: stealing public funds earmarked for youth sports programs and filing false tax returns.
McDuffie will serve out the remainder of Thomas' term, which runs through 2014.
McDuffie is an attorney who left his job in Deputy Mayor Paul Quander's office to run for the open council seat. He has worked for the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division and as an assistant state's attorney in Prince George's County. He lives in the Stronghold neighborhood. He has also served as president of his neighborhood's civic association. He ran against Harry Thomas, Jr in 2010 for the Ward 5 seat and finished third.
Second place in Tuesday's special election went to Delano Hunter with 20% of the votes, followed by Frank Wilds and Tim Day.
Here are the vote totals according to the DC Board of Elections:
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Results
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Candidate
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Party
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Votes
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Percent
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MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL WARD FIVE
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Kenyan McDuffie
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DEM
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4,085
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44.50%
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Delano Hunter
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DEM
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1,850
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20.15%
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Frank Wilds
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DEM
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1,360
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14.81%
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Tim Day
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REP
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490
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5.338%
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Ron L. Magnus
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DEM
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379
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4.129%
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Shelly Gardner
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DEM
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241
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2.625%
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Kathy Henderson
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DEM
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228
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2.484%
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Drew E. Hubbard
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DEM
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199
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2.168%
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Rae Zapata
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DEM
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182
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1.983%
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Ruth E. Marshall
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DEM
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63
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0.686%
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John C. Cheeks
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NOP
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38
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0.414%
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WRITE-IN
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NON
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25
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0.272%
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UNDER VOTES
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22
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0.239%
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Amanda Broadnax
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DEM
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13
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0.141%
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