DC At-Large Council Challenger Clark Ray Outraises Incumbent Mendelson in Latest Filing – Momentum Grows for Real Change
Challenger Clark Ray has out raised incumbent City Councilmember Phil Mendelson for the third straight filing period. Ray reported raising over $34,000 for this period, while the incumbent raised approximately $28,000. The reports also show that while Mendelson’s donations came primarily from special interests and long-time insiders, Ray garnered broad support, including from people new to DC politics.
“When I walk door to door every day, I find so many voters who don’t know the incumbent — have never met him or seen him,” Ray said. “They are responding to my message of working with neighborhoods to make real, transparent progress, my experience and track record of making DC government work, and the energy and new ideas I bring to a Council that sorely needs them. Voters are tired of political talk from the Wilson Building and constant bickering. We deserve better.”
Yesterday, At-Large candidate Kelvin Robinson stated he would drop out of the race. Ray noted, “Voters in the city now have a clear choice: the same old ideas and pointless in-fighting that have given us too little education, too much crime and not enough progress, or my vision of a new, energized Council that will work on behalf of the residents of DC. The donations to my campaign, the spread of Clark Ray yard signs in all wards across the city, and the countless volunteers who walk door to door with me every week all show that this campaign is headed to victory on Sept. 14th. This city is headed in a new and better direction.”
