Legislative ambitions

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It’s a fabulous fall morning in the District — the kind that invites hope. Mark Long, an independent candidate bidding for one of two at-large seats on the D.C. Council, is waxing optimistically about his aspirations and changing the city’s political and bureaucratic cultures.

“I’m running to be a legislator. I’m not running to be junior mayor,” the 41-year-old native Washingtonian tells me.

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