LaRuby May

LaRuby May
Member of the Council of the District of Columbia from Ward 8
In office
May 14, 2015 – January 2, 2017
Preceded byMarion Barry
Succeeded byTrayon White
Personal details
Born
LaRuby Zinea May

(1975-12-28) December 28, 1975 (age 48)
Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationEckerd College (BA)
George Washington University (MA)
University of the District of Columbia (JD)

LaRuby Zinea May[1] (born December 28, 1975)[2] is an American politician and African American lawyer who formerly represented Ward 8 on the Council of the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C. She won the Ward 8 special election on May 10, 2015,[3] succeeding Marion Barry, who died in office on November 23, 2014. May, who was sworn into office on May 14, 2015, served out the remainder of Barry's term, which ended on December 31, 2016. During her first council term, she was active on the issues of crime and violence, marijuana policy, assisted suicide, and improvements to Advisory Neighborhood Commissions. She criticized the city's emergency medical services department, opposed the creation of a public electrical utility, and applauded the construction of a sports arena in her ward. She was one of the few council members to support the mayor during the FreshPAC scandal, and although she asked Congress to end its school voucher program she also supported a political action committee which supports an expanded voucher and charter school program in the District. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

She announced in January 2016 that she would campaign for election to a full, four-year term on the district council. She lost the June 2016 Democratic Party primary nomination election to Trayon White. As of 2018, she is chairperson of United Medical Center.[4]

  1. ^ District of Columbia Register Volume 54 - No.1 (download PDF)
  2. ^ United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (Florida, Washington DC, 1994-2009)
  3. ^ Hauslohner, Abigail (May 10, 2015). "Bowser ally May wins Ward 8 seat". The Washington Post. p. C4.
  4. ^ Reed, Tina (Mar 7, 2018). "UMC's board wanted to keep this meeting a secret. We finally know (mostly) what was said". Washington Business Journal. Washington DC. Retrieved Mar 7, 2018.