The D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics on Monday certified the results of the Nov. 4 general election, including the D.C. Council victory of independent Michael Brown, whose connection to the Democratic Party might spark an appeal to the courts.
The D.C. Republican Committee continues to argue that Brown, a longtime Democrat, maintains his affiliation with the Dems but switched his status to “No Party” simply to win a seat on the council. Brown won one of two at-large council seats set aside under the Home Rule Charter for a member of a minority political party.
Paul Craney, the GOP committee’s executive director, said the group is “keeping its options open.” But the plan is to appeal the elections board’s decision to the D.C. Court of Appeals, Craney said.
