{"id":2462204,"date":"2025-07-15T23:13:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T03:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indicted-trayon-white-to-return-to-dc-council-seat-after-winning-special-election-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T23:13:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T03:13:44","slug":"indicted-trayon-white-to-return-to-dc-council-seat-after-winning-special-election-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indicted-trayon-white-to-return-to-dc-council-seat-after-winning-special-election-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Indicted Trayon White to return to DC Council seat after winning special election &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Findicted-trayon-white-to-return-to-dc-council-seat-after-winning-special-election-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2462204&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Trayon White has won a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/latest-poll-majority-of-americans-want-republican-party-to-control-the-senate-sean-hannity\/\" title=\"LATEST POLL: Majority of Americans Want Republican Party to Control the Senate | Sean Hannity\">special election<\/a> to return to his seat on the District of Columbia Council after being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-us-representative-from-st-louis-cori-bush-drafts-resolution-to-punish-those-who-attempt-to-overthrow-the-2020-election-joe-biden-just-stole\/\" title=\"Democrat US Representative from St Louis, Cori Bush, Drafts Resolution to Punish Those Who Attempt to Overthrow the 2020 Election Joe Biden Just Stole\">expelled<\/a> earlier due to an indictment on corruption charges. Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuomo-aides-say-ny-nursing-homes-getting-away-with-a-lot-amid-accusations-of-cover-up\/\" title=\"Cuomo Aides Say NY Nursing Homes \u2018Getting Away With A Lot\u2019 Amid Accusations Of Cover-Up\">facing allegations<\/a> of accepting bribes in exchange for influence over contracts-charges he has pleaded not guilty to-White defeated several opponents, including Salim Adofo, Mike Austin, and Sheila Bunn. If convicted in his upcoming trial, he risks removal from office again and a ban from running. Nevertheless, his victory, with nearly 30% of the vote and a strong turnout in Ward 8, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >reflects voter support<\/a> and a message of resilience from his constituents, who cheered his return and expressed confidence in his leadership.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Indicted Trayon White to return to DC Council seat after winning special election<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2174425\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Trayon White won his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3471304\/expelled-dc-council-member-trayon-white-voter-judgement-special-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"special election\">special election<\/a>, sending him back to his District of Columbia Council seat after being expelled over an indictment for corruption charges.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3471912\/south-carolina-governor-race-pamela-evette-joins-republican-gubernatorial-hopefuls\/\">South Carolina lieutenant governor joins Republican field of gubernatorial hopefuls<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3471536\/former-obama-staffer-knocks-cuomo-campaign-video\/\">Former Obama staffer knocks Cuomo as &#8216;visibly annoyed man&#8217; in campaign video<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3471606\/who-is-omar-fateh-minneapolis-mayoral-candidate-mamdani\/\">Who is Omar Fateh? Minneapolis mayoral candidate draws Mamdani comparisons<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">District of Columbia Councilman-elect Trayon White, center, pumps his fist as he arrives at his Ward 8 special election watch party, Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If he&rsquo;s convicted after his trial in January, he could be removed from office a second time and banned from running again. Despite this, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-signs-bills-to-limit-single-family-zoning-in-california\/\" title=\"Newsom Signs Bills to Limit Single-Family Zoning in California\">voters decided<\/a> to give him another chance.<\/p>\n<p>His supporters greeted him with uproarious cheers after learning of his victory Tuesday night. White said Washingtonians &ldquo;had sent a message loud and clear to the council that Trayon White is here to stay.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a testament that if you fall down &mdash; because we&rsquo;re all going to fall down &mdash; can you get back up?&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Because today Ward 8 stood up!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>White won handily with nearly 30% of the vote, almost 5% more than his nearest contender, Bunn, with over 80% of the vote counted.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3471304\/expelled-dc-council-member-trayon-white-voter-judgement-special-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"EXPELLED DC COUNCIL MEMBER TRAYON WHITE FACES VOTERS&rsquo; JUDGMENT IN SPECIAL ELECTION\">EXPELLED DC COUNCIL MEMBER TRAYON WHITE FACES VOTERS&rsquo; JUDGMENT IN SPECIAL ELECTION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>His victory came as a surprise to many, especially given that he raised almost no money and spent none.<\/p>\n<p>Ward 8 has a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dchealthmatters.org\/demographicdata?id=131495\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">population of about 73,000 people<\/a>, with around 87% of them black. Turnout was low, as is the historic norm in the city, with 8,000-9,000 turning out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2174425\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2174425\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indicted Trayon White wins special election, returns to DC Council<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2462205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Trayon-White.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[38555,4032,37103,39586,32076],"class_list":["post-2462204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-dc-council","tag-indicted","tag-special-election","tag-trayon-white","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Trayon-White.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2462204"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2462208,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462204\/revisions\/2462208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2462205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2462204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2462204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2462204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}