Washington, D.C. Councilmember Yvette Alexander rides a bicycle down Pennsylvania Avenue during the Washington, D.C. Emancipation Day parade, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, April 16, 2013. President Abraham Lincoln freed approximately 3,100 slaves in the District of Colombia on April 16, 1862, nine months before the Emancipation Proclamation. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
D.C. Council member Yvette Alexander, Ward 7 Democrat, casts her vote at the Randle-Highlands Elementary School precinct in Southeast on Tuesday. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
D. C. Council member Yvette Alexander (left), Ward 7 Democrat, and challenger Tom Brown (right) chat with supporters and passing voters at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church in Washington as the nation's capital holds its primary election on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
D.C. Council member Yvette Alexander, Ward 7 Democrat, casts her ballot at the Randle Highlands Elementary School in Washington as the nation's capital holds its primary election on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
D.C. Council member Yvette Alexander arrives to vote at her Ward 7 precinct at Randle Highlands Elementary School in Washington as the nation's capital holds its primary election on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
Ward 7 resident Dawn Matthews, left, and her assistant Kemry Hughes look over what they consider to be suspect petition signatures collected to add Yvette Alexander's name to the ballot for Ward 7 council. Ms. Matthews and Mr. Hughes were part of a D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics hearing Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, in Washington, D.C. Ms. Matthews is asking that Ms. Alexander's name be removed from the ballot. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
Yvette Alexander (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)
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D.C. Council member Yvette Alexander (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
