Last night, Muriel Bowser, Democratic mayoral candidate in Washington, D.C., won the primary election positioning her to be the next mayor of the nation’s capital.
The election took a dramatic twist three weeks ago when federal prosecutors alleged that the current Mayor Vincent Gray was aware of an illegal $680,000 slush fund that aided his 2010 mayoral campaign.
Patrick Madden, city hall reporter for WAMU, joins Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson with details.
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- Patrick Madden, city hall reporter for WAMU. He tweets @Patrick_Madden.
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