Meet the Capitol Hill Area’s ANC Candidates So Far for 2016

The race to enter (or stay in) the lowest level of elected office in the D.C. government officially has begun.

Almost a dozen locals who live in the Capitol Hill area yesterday picked up nominating petitions to serve as members of District’s Advisory Neighborhood Commissions.

Monday was the first day prospective candidates could get the nominating materials. They have until Aug. 10 to collect the signatures of 25 of their neighbors in their single member districts to get on the Nov. 8 ballot.

So far, the candidates include:

ANC 6A

• Single Member District 01
  • Marie-Claire Brown (704 10th St. NE)
• Single Member District 02
  • Commissioner Phil Toomajian (631 10th St. NE)
• Single Member District 07
  • Commissioner Sondra Phillips-Gilbert (1744 E St. NE)

ANC 6B

• Single Member District 03
  • Brian Ready (622 1/2 I St. SE)
• Single Member District 04
  • Commissioner Kirsten Oldenburg (423 12th St. SE)
• Single Member District 07
  • Aimee M. Grace (1219 Potomac Ave. SE)
• Single Member District 10
  • James Zeigler (1717 East Capitol St. SE)

ANC 6C

• Single Member District 03
  • Commissioner Scott Price (517 E St. NE)
• Single Member District 06
  • Heather Edelman (1152 5th St. NE)

ANC 6D

• Single Member District 05
  • Katelynd Mahoney (1250 4th St. SW)