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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 by Marion Barry
Succeeded by Trayon White
Personal details
Born 1975 (age 41–42)
Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Alma mater Eckerd College (BA);
George Washington University (MA);
University of the District of Columbia (JD)

LaRuby May (born 1975) is a Democratic 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, 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 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.

LaRuby May was born about 1975 in Pensacola, Florida, to Reverend Theophalis May and his wife, Mary. Her father owned a building firm, May's Construction Company, and was widely known in Pensacola for saving and restoring historic buildings. He was also pastor of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church.

May received a Bachelor of Arts degree in human development and family studies from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1997. She then enrolled at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where she received a Master's Degree in community counseling and psychotherapy. She obtained her JD degree in 2006 from the David A. Clarke School of Law at the University of the District of Columbia. She was admitted to the District of Columbia Bar and The Florida Bar.


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