Muriel Bowser
| Muriel Bowser | |
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| 8th Mayor of the District of Columbia | |
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Assumed office January 2, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Vincent Gray |
| Member of the Council of the District of Columbia from Ward 4 |
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In office January 2, 2007 – January 2, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Adrian Fenty |
| Succeeded by | Brandon Todd |
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Muriel Elizabeth Bowser August 2, 1972 Washington, D.C. |
| Political party | Democratic |
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Chatham University (BA) American University (MPP) |
Muriel Elizabeth Bowser /ˈbaʊzər/ (born August 2, 1972) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party currently serving as the eighth Mayor of the District of Columbia. Prior to her inauguration in January 2015, Bowser served as a member of the Council of the District of Columbia, representing Ward 4.
Elected to the Advisory Neighborhood Commission in 2004, Bowser was elected to the Council in a special election in 2007, to succeed Adrian Fenty, who had been elected Mayor. She was re-elected in 2008 and 2012 and ran for Mayor in the 2014 election. She defeated incumbent Mayor Vincent C. Gray in the Democratic primary and won the general election against three Independent and two minor party candidates with 54.53% of the vote. She is the second woman to be elected Mayor, after Sharon Pratt Kelly.
The youngest of six children of Joe and Joan Bowser, Muriel E. Bowser grew up in North Michigan Park in northeast D.C. In 1990, Bowser graduated from Elizabeth Seton High School, a private all-girls Catholic high school located in Bladensburg, Maryland. She received a college scholarship due to her excellent grades. Bowser graduated from Chatham College in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a bachelor's degree in history, and she graduated from the American University School of Public Affairs with a Masters in Public Policy. In 2015, she bought a home in Colonial Village, moving from a Riggs Park duplex where she had lived since 2000. She is a lifelong Catholic.
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