Arrington Dixon

Arrington Dixon is an American politician who is a former city council member and chairman of Washington, D.C. In 2008, he was D.C.'s male representative on the Democratic National Committee and a thus a superdelegate to the Democratic National Convention. He ran for reelection as national committeeman in the September 2008 Democratic primary but was defeated by Vincent Orange, 56 to 44 percent.

He was also appointed by Mayor Barry to serve as a public member of the National Capital Planning Commission. In 1996, he married Sharon Pratt Kelly, and they had daughters Aimee and Drew. Sharon Pratt later became D.C. mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly from 1991–1995. The couple divorced in 1982 after sixteen years of marriage. His daughters were born in 1968 and 1970. They divorced after sixteen years.

Council of the District of Columbia

In November 1974, Dixon was chosen to represent Ward 4 when voters elected the first members of the Council of the District of Columbia, the legislature of the city's new home rule government. The initial term for the Ward 4 seat, like those for half the council seats, was only 2 years, to provide for staggered council elections in later years, but in 1976 Dixon was reelected to a full 4-year term.

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