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Muriel Bowser Mayor of Washington, Dc MURIEL BOWSER MAYOR OF WASHINGTON, DC Life in Brief Quick Summary Born: August 2, 1972 Native Washingtonian who aims to strike a balance between improving long-struggling Hometown: Washington, DC areas of the city and fostering a thriving environment for recent middle-class arrivals. Current Residence: Washington, DC Notably vocal on DC statehood and achieving full legislative representation Religion: Catholic • Won the mayoral primary in 2014 after her predecessor Vincent Gray’s campaign finance Education: scandal hindered his bid for reelection • MPP, American University • Mentored by and carries forward the pro- • BA, History, Chatham University development, education reform agenda of former mayor Adrian Fenty Family: One daughter • Prioritizes addressing pressing issues within the city, such as the dearth of affordable Work History: housing and the prevalence of gun violence, • Mayor of Washington, DC, 2015-present mainly through city-funded initiatives • Member of the Washington, DC Council from • Aims to provide opportunities to struggling Ward 4, 2007-2015 District natives, while also being receptive to • Member of the Advisory Neighborhood the development that come with a rapidly Commission from District 4B09, 2005-2007 gentrifying city; this is reflected by her ties to local real estate developers Past and Present Board and Advisory Roles • Vocal proponent of DC becoming the 51st state; • Former Member of Metro’s Board of Directors believes residents’ payment of federal taxes without a voting representative in Congress is Electoral Overview akin to second class citizenship • Was reelected with 80% of the vote in the 2018 Democratic primary election, and 79.5% of the vote in the general election Approach and Motivations • Was initially elected mayor with 43% of the vote Bowser aims to ensure that every in the 2014 Democratic primary election, and Washingtonian has a fair shot at success like 54% of the vote in the general election she had. Balances differing constituencies by framing improved development as beneficial for all residents • Views urban development as a means to improve the quality of life for everybody, not just wealthy recent arrivals • Provides education and employment opportunities to residents at risk of being adversely impacted by gentrification • Her father’s involvement in the Advisory Neighborhood Commission instilled desire for community improvement at a young age PEOPLE RESEARCH SERVICE 1 MURIEL BOWSER MAYOR OF WASHINGTON, DC Policy Positions and Areas of Focus Core Communities Bowser’s top policy areas of focus are DC Bowser is closely tied to other figures in the statehood, addressing urban violence, District’s political community, as well as DC- affordable housing, and quality education based real estate developers DC Statehood: A vocal advocate for DC Fenty Alumni: Has strong relationships with residents receiving full representation former DC Mayor Adrian Fenty’s network • Backed the 2016 statehood referendum • Friends with Fenty and considers him a mentor • Testified before Congress to advocate for DC • Prominent lawyer Bill Lightfoot served as chair statehood in 2019 for both of her campaigns; he had previously served two terms on the DC Council and Addressing Violence: Aims to lower rates of worked on both of Fenty’s campaigns urban violence through policing measures and • Campaign treasurer Benjamin Soto also served community engagement as treasurer for Fenty’s campaign • Allocated $2 million to the Cure the Streets program, which uses a public-health approach Local Politicos: Has forged relationships with to break the cycles of urban violence other prominent members of the DC political • Launched crime prevention initiatives to redirect community throughout her career police resources to specific high-crime areas • Collaborates with Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton • Offers cash rewards to incentivize residents to (D-DC) on issues such as DC statehood report individuals who have illegal guns • Bowser’s Ward 4 successor, Brandon Todd, • Launched a program to fund the purchase of previously worked in her Council office and on security cameras for use on private properties her first mayoral campaign • Courtney Snowden, former deputy mayor for Affordable Housing: Advocates addressing the greater economic opportunity, previously city’s current affordable housing crisis worked for lobbying firm The Raben Group • Closed down the dilapidated mega shelter at the old DC General Hospital, and replaced it Developers and Real Estate Management: Has with several high-quality shelters around the ties to real estate developers as a means to District; sparking public discussion about costs achieve her development and housing goals • Doubled the District’s annual investment in • Political backings include contributions from affordable housing to $100 million per year real estate developers such as Douglas Jemal, • Proposed building 12,000 new affordable Scottie Irving, and Suman Sorg; in 2016, their housing units by 2025 to try to reverse unequal companies had planned on receiving payment distribution from past unfair housing policies to lease land for homeless shelters • Campaign treasurer Benjamin Soto is president Education: Supports quality public education of Paramount Development LLC • Launched the Quality Improvement Network to • Real estate developer Buwa Binitie contributed improve access to early childhood education $10,000 to a pro-Bowser PAC and • Expanded Early Head Start services to over accompanied Bowser on a 2015 trip to China 600 children since 2015 • Nominated real estate developer David Franco • Launched an initiative to provide funding to to the DC zoning commission in 2015; he was address racial and gender test score disparities not confirmed by the Council PEOPLE RESEARCH SERVICE 2 MURIEL BOWSER MAYOR OF WASHINGTON, DC Relevant Financial Information Publications, Media, and Speaking Large portion of contributions from labor unions Has frequent speaking engagements to DC- and DC area-based real estate companies based organizations; is very active on Twitter Biggest Industry Donors (2006-2020) Publications: Penned a 2018 op-ed critical of • Public Sector Unions: $420,000 Sen. Marco Rubio’s gun policy • Lawyers & Lobbyists: $240,000 • “Marco Rubio Believes in Gun Control • Real Estate: $200,000 Measures – but Not for Washington, DC. Why • General Trade Unions: $58,000 the Hypocrisy, Senator?” Miami Herald, March • Construction Services: $44,000 8, 2018 Biggest Corporate Donors (2006-2020) Media: Occasionally appears on national outlets • Laborers International Union of North America to discuss DC issues; active on social media (Washington, DC): $6,000 • Preferred Outlets: National outlets such as • Firemen & Oilers Local 32BJ (Ashland, KY): MSNBC, C-SPAN, CNN $6,000 • Favorite Subjects: DC statehood, gun control; • Blue Skye Construction (Washington, DC): as of March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic $4,750 • Social Media Habits: Writes her own tweets on • Four Points LLC (Washington, DC): $4,500 her personal Twitter account; her official • Edgewood Management Corporation account is run by her team (Gaithersburg, MD): $4,000 Speaking: Frequently speaks publicly, Biggest Individual Donors (2006-2020) particularly to DC-based organizations • Franklin L. Haney, CEO, Franklin Haney • Favorite Subjects: Improving education, DC Company: $5,000 statehood, fiscal policy, affordable housing • John M. Brophy, US Chamber of Commerce: • Preferred Audience: DC-based organizations $4,000 • Examples: Discussed DC’s cannabis industry • Bennie Williams, Retired: $4,000 at the WeDC Futures Forum in 2019; spoke • Jonathan Zeitler, Owner, Cricket Media: $3,500 about DC statehood at Fortune’s 2019 Most • Emmy Michelle Haney, Homemaker: $3,500 Powerful Women Summit; spoke about the state of public education to the DC Ed Fund in Political Donations 2018; discussed fiscal policy and affordable • Has given $6,595 in the past ten years housing at the Economic Club of Washington, • Her largest contribution was $2,800 to her own DC in 2015 2014 mayoral campaign • Contributed primarily to DC-based elections; Congressional Testimony: Testified before federal contributions include Pres. Obama’s Congress in 2019 to advocate for DC statehood 2012 campaign, Bill Euille’s 2014 • Testified before House Committee on Oversight Congressional campaign (VA), and Hillary and Reform about admitting DC as the 51st Clinton and Kamala Harris’ 2016 campaigns state, September 19, 2019 • Highlighted the unfairness of DC residents’ lack Miscellaneous of Congressional representation, and • Received generous funding from a suggested that arguments against DC controversial PAC comprised of her political statehood were thinly veiled arguments against allies for several months in 2014, until the PAC adding Democratic senators shut down following public criticism PEOPLE RESEARCH SERVICE 3 MURIEL BOWSER MAYOR OF WASHINGTON, DC Family and Personal Background Criticisms and Controversies A DC native, Bowser grew up in a large Catholic Notable controversies during her mayoral family and performed well in school tenure include campaign finance concerns and • Grew up in northeast Washington, DC possible conflicts of interest regarding • Fifth generation Washingtonian homeless shelter construction • Is the youngest of six children Campaign finance concerns • Her father was an elected member of the • In 2017, it was discovered that Bowser’s Advisory Neighborhood Commission, and campaign committee kept over $11,000 in Bowser grew up going to meetings
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