Gay Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Alexander Padro, who has represented his ANC district in the city’s Central Shaw neighborhood for 20 years, announced he is running as an independent candidate for one of two At-Large D.C.
Council seats in the city’s Nov. 3 general election. Padro becomes one of 18 independent candidates who have so far entered the crowded field of contenders running for the two At-Large seats, one of which cannot be held by a Democrat under the city’s Home Rule Charter.