Duncan, who leads the Palisades Community Association, is one of nine candidates vying to replace Cheh on the council.
nly Tricia has the personal qualities that will make her an excellent Council Member,” Cheh wrote in a statement. “Ask yourself, as issues arise over the next four years, who is most likely to exercise the best judgment and represent your values. I will answer that question by voting for Tricia Duncan.
increasing the frequency and reliability of bus routes and adding more members to the 13-person D.C. Council. Cheh had said she would not make an endorsement in the race to fill her seat, and in an interview Monday said she didn’t view her statement of support as a formal endorsement.“I can’t go anywhere in the ward without people asking me [who I’m voting for] and I have to answer something,” Cheh said in an interview. “I finally figured, look, I’m just going to put out this statement. … I’m just telling people who I’m voting for, because they keep asking me.
Cheh said her choice of Duncan was based more on personality than policy. “It’s more how you engage with people, whether you’re open, you have enough humility to think that you don’t have all the answers and you will ask others what they think,” she said in an interview Monday.Cheh praised Duncan as “not ideological.” Some of Duncan’s stances seem to try to chart a middle course on some of the most divisive issues in D.C. politics.
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