Candidate Plans to Focus on Transportation, Fiscal Responsibility
By Kirstin Downey
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, June 9, 2007
11:52 PM
Democratic party insider Justin Wilson won the party's nod for the Alexandria city council seat left open when vice mayor Andrew Macdonald resigned in May.
Wilson, 28, chairman of the board of directors of the Alexandria Transit Co., also known as the DASH bus, was the top vote-getter among five candidates in the Democratic caucus held Saturday. He defeated former prosecutor James K. Lay, Boyd Walker, Macdonald's former campaign manager, lawyer Mark Feldheim and civic activist Lenny Harris.
Wilson had won the endorsement of U.S. Rep. Jim Moran, Mayor William D. Euille and the five current city council members, all of whom are Democrats.
"I'm thrilled," Wilson said, adding that he plans to focus his attention on transportation issues and improving fiscal responsibility.
The caucus attracted a higher-than-expected turnout for an unplanned, summer election, drawing about 2,000 voters.
Wilson will face Republican William C. "Bill" Cleveland, former vice mayor, in the special election to be held on July 17.
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