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Adrian Fenty is a politician in Washington, D.C. who is currently serving his second term as a councilmember representing Ward 4 on the Council of the District of Columbia. He is a candidate for mayor in 2006.

Personal background

Fenty was born on Dec. 7, 1970. He was raised in a rowhouse in the Washington, D.C., neighborhood of Mount Pleasant. He and his wife, Michelle, have twin sons, Matthew and Andrew. He was educated at Oberlin College, earning a B.A. in English and Economics, and earned a J.D. from the Howard University School of Law. Fenty is currently a candidate for the Democratic Party nominiation for mayor of Washington, D.C.

Political career

Fenty was an intern for Senator Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH), Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), and Representative Joseph P. Kennedy II (D-MA), before becoming involved in local politics. He served as ANC 4C Commissioner and Treasurer, as well as president of the 16th Street Neighborhood Civic Association.

In 2000, Fenty was elected to the Washington, D.C., City Council, unseating longtime Ward 4 council member Charlene Drew Jarvis and becoming the youngest member to serve up to that time. He was re-elected in 2004. In 2005, he announced his candidacy for mayor.

As a council member, Fenty has been praised for his attention to constituent services and has been noted for taking bold positions. He opposed public funding for a baseball stadium in the city, and he put forward an ambitious plan to fund a $1 billion capital improvement program for public schools; though initially derided as impractical, the idea was later passed in somewhat different form by the Council. During the mayoral campaign, he has been criticized by some for keeping as his campaign's field coordinator Sinclair Skinner, who has been characterized as a racially divisive figure.

Religion

• Christian

External links

• Fenty for Mayor official Web site
• Exposes Fenty's aide Sinclair Skinner
• Brotherly Love: Washington City Paper Cover Story
• Adrian Fenty radio interview on WAMU's Kojo Nnamdi Show
• Adrian Fenty radio interview on WTOP's Post Politics Program

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