WASHPO: Biddle, Patterson, Orange, Robinson pursue at-large D.C. Council seat

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By Mike DeBonis

UPDATED 9:45 A.M.

With less than two months until city Democrats are scheduled to fill the at-large D.C. Council seat being vacated by Chairman-Elect Kwame Brown, the field of potential replacements is starting to shape up.

Four prospective candidates today picked up nominating petitions. They are Sekou Biddle, the incumbent Ward 4 representative on the State Board of Education; Vincent Orange, the former Ward 5 council member whose campaign for the chairmanship fell short; Jacque Patterson, a Federal City Council staffer who also chairs the Ward 8 Democrats; and Kelvin Robinson, the former chief of staff to Mayor Anthony A. Williams who ran unsuccessfully for the Ward 6 seat this year.

To be considered for appointment by the 81 members of the D.C. Democratic State Committee, each candidate will have to collect 1,000 signatures from registered city Democrats -- with a minimum of 100 signatures from each ward -- plus signatures from one-third of the committee members (27).

The committee will host a debate/forum with the qualifying candidates on Dec. 16. The final showdown is expected to take place Jan. 6; to keep the seat, the appointee would then have to run in a special election tentatively scheduled for early May.

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