McDuffie wins Ward 5 special election

After enduring the Harry Thomas Jr. scandal and the months spent waiting for his replacement, residents of Northeast Washington have a new representative on the D.C. Council.

Kenyan McDuffie, a 36-year old prosecutor, won the Ward 5 seat in a landslide with a 20-point margin in the unofficial election results released late Tuesday night. McDuffie garnered 44.5 percent of the total, or 4,085 votes, in a race for a wide-open seat against 10 other candidates. Delano Hunter, who finished second to Thomas in the 2010 primary election, mustered 1,850 votes for 20.2 percent of the field. Frank Wilds, considered the other top contender, finished with 14.8 percent of the vote.