Linda Washington Cropp is a politician

Politician

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 in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

, the capital of the United States

United States

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. She was a Democratic

Democratic Party (United States)

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 member of the Council of the District of Columbia

Council of the District of Columbia

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, where she was the first woman to serve as the elected Council Chairman. On September 12, 2006, she lost the Democratic Primary for Mayor (57%-31%) to Adrian Fenty

Adrian Fenty

Adrian Malik Fenty was the sixth, and at age 36, the youngest, mayor of the District of Columbia. He served one term—from 2007 to 2011—losing his bid for reelection at the primary level to Democrat Vincent C. Gray...

. This loss came in spite of the fact that Cropp had been endorsed by outgoing mayor Anthony A. Williams

Anthony A. Williams

Anthony Allen "Tony" Williams is an American politician who served as the fifth mayor of the District of Columbia for two terms, from 1999 to 2007. He had previously served as chief financial officer for the District, managing to balance the budget and achieve a surplus within two years of...

. She was succeeded as Council Chairman by Vincent C. Gray

Vincent C. Gray

Vincent C. Gray is an American politician who is currently serving as the seventh Mayor of the District of Columbia. Prior to his inauguration as mayor in January 2011, Gray served as Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, and as Councilmember for Ward 7...

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Family

• spouse - Dr. Dwight S. Cropp
• children - Allison and Christopher
• grandson - Christian Alexander

Education

• 1969 received Bachelor's degree in government from Howard University
  Howard University
  Howard University is a federally chartered, non-profit, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university located in Washington, D.C., United States...
  
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• 1971 received Master's degree in guidance and counseling from Howard University.
• 2007 received an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy from the George Washington University with all rights and privileges.

Political career

• 1980 elected to D.C. Board of Education representing Ward 4, later becoming vice president and president
• 1990 elected at-large member of D.C. Council
• 1992 elected as chair of the Councilors Committee on Human Services
• 1994 re-elected at-large member of D.C. Council
• 1997 named acting Chairman of D.C. Council, following the death of David Clarke
• 1997 elected D.C. Council Chairman in a special election
• 1998 re-elected D.C. Council Chairman
• 2002 re-elected D.C. Council Chairman
• 2006 entered race for Mayor
• 2007 retired from D.C. politics

External links

• Biography
• Metro Weekly interview