Vincent C. Gray

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Gray at the Nannie Helen Burroughs Day Parade on May 08 2010. Vince Gray and Larry Pretlow.jpg
Gray at the Nannie Helen Burroughs Day Parade on May 08 2010.

Gray formally entered the race for Mayor of the District of Columbia on March 30, 2010. [19] His campaign adopted the slogan, commonly used during his time as Council Chairman, "One City. Leadership We Need". [20] A Washington Post poll conducted in January 2010 showed Gray leading the incumbent mayor, Adrian Fenty, 38 percent to 31 percent among voters who were "certain" to participate in the September 14th Democratic Primary. [21] The Washington Post noted that the poll's results were an indication of voters' disapproval of Fenty, rather than approval of Gray, because 36 percent of registered Democrats had no opinion of Gray. [21] An August Washington Post poll found Gray with a 17-point advantage among likely voters and a 13-point lead among Democratic voters. [22] In the event, Gray defeated Fenty by a 54 to 44 percent margin. [23]

Activities as Mayor

Gray was sworn in on January 2, 2011. 2011 Washington, D.C. City Council and Mayor Swearing In ceremony (5318573263) (cropped).jpg
Gray was sworn in on January 2, 2011.

In order to save the District $19 million in 2011, Gray proposed to furlough most District employees, including teachers. [24] Workers would not be paid on four holidays, namely President's Day, Emancipation Day, Memorial Day, and Independence Day. [24] The District Council voted in favor of the idea as part of a plan to save over $19 million for the District. [25] [26] On Presidents' Day, February 21, 2011, over 200 emergency calls made to 911 went unanswered since dispatchers were furloughed. [27]

In response to a proposal by Congress to restart a school voucher program in the District, Gray said he was against the idea. [28]

During the April 11, 2011 debates on the 2011 United States federal budget, Mayor Gray and several other D.C. elected officials joined city residents outside the Hart Senate Office Building to protest budgetary line items that restricted the city's ability to spend its own locally raised funds. In particular, the budget limits the city's ability to spend money on abortion services and reauthorizes a school voucher program that the city government opposes. U.S. Capitol Police arrested several protesters, including Vincent Gray, for blocking automobile traffic. Speaking to the press before the arrest, Gray said, "This is an absolute travesty. All we want to do is spend our own money... Why should women in the District of Columbia be subjected to a set of rules that no other woman is subjected to?" [29] [30]

Sulaimon Brown controversy

Amidst the reports of budget tightening and city employee furloughs in the early weeks of the Gray administration, an exposé in The Washington Post revealed that Gray had hired a larger senior staff than his predecessors, and for substantially more money. [31] Among the newly hired top officials was Sulaimon Brown, who had been hired as a special senior assistant in the Department of Health Care Finance for $110,000. Brown was best known as a fringe candidate in the 2010 mayoral election (ultimately receiving just over 200 votes) [32] who, despite being his opponent, encouraged voters to support Gray (if not himself) and denigrated then-incumbent mayor Fenty. [33] The news of the hiring led to charges of cronyism from the local media. However, when the Washington City Paper four days later linked Brown to a 1991 gun charge, a 1995 conviction for unlawful entry, and a 2007 restraining order against a 13-year-old girl, [34] Brown was fired and escorted by security from his office on the morning of February 24. [35]

In response to his termination, Brown made allegations to The Washington Post that he had made a secret agreement with Gray during the 2010 mayoral campaign to remain in the race and continue attacking Fenty in his public appearances, in exchange for a job with Gray's administration if Gray won the election. [36] Brown also claimed to have received cash payments from Gray campaign aides Lorraine Green and Howard Brooks; according to the Post, Brown's cellphone records indicated 29 telephone calls to Brooks between June and September 2010 from Gray and Green, [37] and text messages from Gray's phone number seemed to lend credence to Brown's story. [36]

Gray flatly denied Brown's allegations, but acknowledged "missteps" in his administration's job vetting process and called for an investigation by the city attorney general and the DC Council. [38] Brown began meeting with federal officials from the U.S. Attorney's office, the FBI, and staff of the House Oversight and Government Committee, who said that they were "assessing" his allegations. [39] [40] Meanwhile, allegations of nepotism, poor vetting, and other unethical hiring practices within the Gray administration continued to surface, with reports published that Gray had hired the children of four high-level officials, including Green and Brooks; [39] that Brooks had overcharged the operator of the Georgia Lottery more than $1 million in the late 1990s; [41] and that the salaries of several of Gray's appointees, including his Chief of Staff and City Administrator, were higher than permitted by District law. [42]

On March 10, 2011, District Councilmember Jack Evans, chairman of the Council's Committee on Finance and Revenue, announced that he was postponing "indefinitely" Gray's nomination of Green to chair the Washington Convention and Sports Authority. [43] The same day, Gray announced that he had retained the services of Robert S. Bennett, the attorney who represented President Bill Clinton during the Lewinsky scandal, as his legal counsel. [40]

Campaign finance scandal

In October 2011, The Washington Post reported that the United States Attorney's Office was investigating, subpoenaing documents, interviewing campaign staff members, and looking into money-order donations possibly in excess of District regulations. [44] Seven months later, on May 22, 2012, Gray's 2010 campaign treasurer Thomas Gore pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally diverting campaign funds to Brown and to obstructing justice by shredding documents related to the transactions. [45] Two days later, Howard Brooks pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators, admitting that he had given over $7,800 in money orders to Sulaimon Brown during the 2010 mayoral race. [46]

On July 10, 2012, a third campaign official, Eugenia Clarke-Harris, pleaded guilty to campaign corruption charges. In admitting to the charges, Harris disclosed that Gray's official 2010 campaign had been aided by a secret shadow campaign, using $650,000 in illegally obtained financing from wealthy D.C. contractor Jeff Thompson—a third of the total expenditures by the Gray campaign. [47] Gray was not charged with any wrongdoing and no evidence was presented that he had any knowledge of the shadow campaign; however, U.S. Attorney Ron Machen said that the mayor was still under investigation. [48]

On July 11, 2012, Gray acknowledged at a press conference that his mayoral campaign had had "issues" and was "not the campaign that we intended to run." He denied any intention of resigning as mayor. [49] That same day, however, three members and former colleagues of Gray's on the D.C. Council called on Gray to resign. [50] A poll published eight days later by The Washington Post revealed that a majority of District residents, 54 percent, believed that Gray should resign. [51]

On March 10, 2014, United States Attorney Ronald Machen alleged at a court hearing that Gray knew about businessman Jeffrey E. Thompson's conspiracy to channel more than $660,000 in illegal donations into the campaign. He asserted that Gray and the businessman devised a plan in which Gray would refer to Thompson as "Uncle Earl" to conceal his identity. [52]

At one point, prosecutors initially alleged, Gray gave Thompson a one-page, $425,000 budget request that the businessman then funded. They further alleged that after the election, Thompson gave a $10,000 check to Gray's "close family member" to settle debts with campaign workers. At Gray's request, Thompson allegedly gave $10,000 to fund an unnamed union election campaign and $40,000 to a "close personal friend" in part to finance home improvements. [52]

In December 2015, prosecutors dropped the investigation into Gray's campaign citing lack of evidence. Asked about the prosecutor's decision, Bowser was quoted as saying, "I think it was appropriate to ask questions about the fairness of the 2010 mayoral campaign. The U.S. Attorney secured seven convictions related to that campaign. He says it's over, and I think like most Washingtonians, I am looking forward to moving forward". [53]

In April 2016, the Washington Post secured the release of previously sealed documents regarding Gray's investigation. It was revealed that prosecutors did not bring charges against Gray because they were concerned about the reliability of Thompson as a witness. Thompson has multiple relationships with men, including some who may have been underage, and prosecutors feared that if he had paid money to conceal this fact that a jury would not find him credible. [54]

2014 mayoral campaign

On December 2, 2013, Gray filed papers to run for reelection and announced his reelection campaign in a letter to supporters. [55] On April 1, 2014, Gray was defeated in the Democratic primary by D.C. council member Muriel Bowser. His loss was attributed largely to the ongoing investigation into his 2010 campaign finances. [53] [56]

Second Council tenure

In February 2016, Gray announced he was running to represent Ward 7 on the Council. [57] Gray said he was running because accomplishments in Ward 7 were slowing or stalling. [57] Incumbent Councilmember Yvette Alexander said Gray was running for the seat just to set up for a mayoral candidacy in 2018. [58] On June 14, Gray defeated the incumbent and former protege Alexander in the Democratic primary. Gray was sworn into office for a four-year term at noon on January 2, 2017. [59]

Electoral history

Vincent Gray
Vincent Gray official portrait.jpg
Member of the Council of the District of Columbia from Ward 7
Assumed office
January 2, 2017
2004 Council of the District of Columbia, Ward 7, Democratic Primary Election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Vincent Gray 5,342 50
Democratic Kevin P. Chavous 3,63134
Democratic Mia Hairston-Hamiliton1,08610
Democratic Mary J. Jackson4634
Democratic Donna E. Daniels761
Democratic James (JJ-Jimmy) Johnson671
Write-in180
2004 Council of the District of Columbia, Ward 7, General Election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Vincent Gray 24,206 91
DC Statehood Green Michele Tingling-Clemmons1,1985
Write-in5712
Republican Jerod Tolson4912
2006 Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, Democratic Primary Election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Vincent Gray 58,345 57
Democratic Kathy Patterson43,64642.68
Democratic Write-in2610
2006 Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, General Election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Vincent Gray 107,249 97
Write-in3,0513
2010 Mayor of the District of Columbia, Democratic Primary Election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Vincent C. Gray 72,648 54
Democratic Adrian Fenty 59,52444
Democratic Leo Alexander9081
Democratic Ernest E. Johnson3170
Democratic Write-in candidate2480
Democratic Sulaimon Brown2090
2010 Mayor of the District of Columbia, General Election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Vincent Gray 97,978 74
Write-in29,59922
IndependentCarlos Allen2,2792
DC Statehood Green Faith1,4761
Socialist Omar Musi7171
2014 Mayor of the District of Columbia, Democratic Party primary election [60]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Muriel E. Bowser 42,045 43
Democratic Vincent C. Gray31,61333
Democratic Tommy Wells 12,39313
Democratic Jack Evans 4,8775
Democratic Andy Shallal 3,1963
Democratic Vincent Orange 1,9462
Democratic Reta Lewis4901
Democratic Carlos Allen1200
 write-in2350
2016 Council of the District of Columbia, Ward 7, general election [61]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Vincent C. Gray 27,956 86
Independent Gary Butler2,3677
Independent Christian Carter1,8376
 write-in2371
2020 Council of the District of Columbia, Ward 7, Democratic Party primary election [62]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Vincent C. Gray 5,254 45
Democratic Veda Rasheed2,63823
Democratic Kelvin Brown2,02418
Democratic Anthony Lorenzo Green1,39612
Democratic Rebecca J. Morris1832
Democratic James Leroy Jennings360
 write-in340

Personal life

Gray has two children, Jonice Gray Tucker, and Vincent Carlos Gray, and two grandchildren, Austin Gray Tucker and Jillian Gray Tucker. [4] In 2012, it was revealed that Gray had passed dozens of Verizon Center tickets to his children. The Sky Suite tickets were freely provided to the Mayor's office, while Gray defended his children as "ambassadors" of the District; the widower’s daughter was designated First Lady of the city. [63]

Gray's first wife Loretta died in July 1998 of cancer. [7] [64] In 2018, he announced his marriage to longtime partner Dawn Kum. [65] Gray lives in the Hillcrest neighborhood of Ward 7. [7] He is Catholic. [66]

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