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The protégé of D.C. Council member Tommy Wells will likely take his mentor's place at the John A. Wilson Building in Northwest in early January 2015 and he will be joined by a fresh face from Ward 1.
Charles Allen worked as the chief of stafffor Wells and president of the Ward 6 Democrats, used those contacts to help him win the primary on Tuesday, April 1.
"We won this race by neighbor connecting with neighbor, "said Allen, 37. "This speaks to the future of the ward and the city."
Christine Spencer, who lives in Southwest, said she feels comfortable with Allen representing her.
"I like him," she said. "When I met him, we drilled him with questions and he passed the test. He was in our neighborhood knocking on doors and he will do fine on the council."
Darrel Thompson, a District native and honors graduate of Morgan State University in Baltimore and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Mass., put up a good fight but received just 42 percent of the vote to Allen's 58 percent. Thompson, 44, has worked for U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Barack Obama as a senatorial candidate.
Allen will face Libertarian Party candidate Pranav Badwhar in the Nov. 4 general election.
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