Indicted Trayon White to return to DC Council seat after winning special election

Published July 15, 2025 11:04pm ET



Trayon White won his special election, sending him back to his District of Columbia Council seat after being expelled over an indictment for corruption charges.

White defeated Salim Adofo, an Advisory Neighborhood Commission chairman in Congress Heights; attorney Mike Austin, also a former ANC chairman; and Sheila Bunn, who worked for former Washington, D.C., Mayor Vincent Gray, to retake his seat that he lost in February. His victory was despite being indicted over charges that he accepted tens of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for a promise to use his influence to steer contracts, a charge he has pleaded not guilty to.

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