Sekou Biddle

Sekou Biddle
At-large member of the Council of the District of Columbia
In office January 6, 2011 – May 10, 2011
Preceded by	Kwame R. Brown
Succeeded by	Vincent Orange
Personal details
Residence	Shepherd Park, Washington, D.C.
Alma mater	Morehouse College
Profession	Teacher

Sekou Biddle is a politician in Washington, D.C.

Biddle was raised in Columbia Heights in Washington, D.C., and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School, where he played football. Biddle graduated from Morehouse College with a degree in business administration.

Following graduation, he taught at an elementary school in the Bronx borough of New York City, through Teach for America. He later taught at an elementary school in Atlanta, became a math teacher at the Knowledge Is Power Program KEY Academy in the District in 2005, and then became director of community outreach for the Knowledge Is Power Program.

Biddle was one of eight candidates in a 2007 special election to represent District 2 (wards 3 and 4) in the District of Columbia State Board of Education. Biddle's candidacy focused on his upbringing and educational work in the District. Biddle's candidacy was endorsed by The Washington Post's editorial board and the District's Gertrude Stein Democratic Club. Biddle won the election with 30% of the vote.

In 2008, the composition of the District of Columbia State Board of Education was changed from five mayoral-appointed members and four elected members to only nine elected members, one from each ward and one at-large member. Biddle ran uncontested to represent Ward 4. His candidacy was endorsed by The Washington Post's editorial board. Biddle also became executive director of Jumpstart for Young Children, a nonprofit organization that prepares children for elementary school.

Following Kwame Brown's swearing in as chair of the Council of the District of Columbia in 2011, the District of Columbia Democratic State Committee announced an election by its members to replace Brown as at-large member of the Council. Biddle, former Council member Vincent Orange, and six others filed. Brown endorsed Biddle for the position, as did Council members Harry Thomas Jr., Mary Cheh, Muriel Bowser, Yvette Alexander, and Marion Barry. District mayor Vincent Gray said he supported Brown's endorsement of Biddle. On January 6, 2011, Biddle was chosen by the Committee as at-large member of the Council.

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