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Elissa Silverman
Washington, D.C. politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elissa Silverman (born 1972/1973)[1] is an American politician and reporter from Washington, D.C., the United States capital. She served as an independent at-large member of the Council of the District of Columbia from 2015 to 2023. Before 2015, she was a journalist at The Washington Post and Washington City Paper covering D.C. politics, and a policy analyst at the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute. She was re-elected in November 2018 for a four-year term, but lost her re-election bid in 2022.[2]
Quick Facts Member of the Council of the District of Columbia from the at-large district, Preceded by ...
Elissa Silverman | |
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Member of the Council of the District of Columbia from the at-large district | |
In office January 2, 2015 – January 2, 2023 | |
Preceded by | David Catania |
Succeeded by | Kenyan McDuffie |
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Born | 1972 or 1973 (age 50–51) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic (Before 2014) Independent (2014–present) |
Education | Brown University (BA) University of Maryland, College Park |
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