- Betty Ann Kane
Betty Ann Kane is a politician in
Washington, D.C. She was elected an at-large member of theCouncil of the District of Columbia in 1978 and served for 12 years.cite web
title=Historical Elected Officials: At-Large Member of the Council of the District of Columbia
author=District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics
accessdate=2008-07-27
url=http://www.dcboee.org/information/eo_index/history/AT_LARGE.shtm] Kane is now a commissioner on theDistrict of Columbia Public Service Commission .cite web
title=Commissioner Betty Ann Kane
publisher=District of Columbia Public Service Commission
url=http://www.dcpsc.org/abt/BettyAnnKane.shtm
accessdate=2008-07-27]Kane was a nonresident elected city commissioner for
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware , from 1996 to 2005.Political career
Kane was elected to the D.C. school board in 1974.
In 1978, at-large city council member
Douglas E. Moore decided to run for council chairman rather than for reelection, and Kane took the opportunity to run for the seat he was vacating. She narrowly defeatedH.R. Crawford in the Democratic primarycite news
title=Kane, Clark, Shackleton Win Races for D.C. Council
first=Jack
last=Eisen
coauthors=Whitaker, Joseph D.
work=The Washington Post
page=A23
date=1978-09-13
url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/135197702.html?FMT=ABS
accessdate=2008-07-28] and went on to win the general election. She was reelected in 1982 and 1986.In 1990, Kane ran for delegate to Congress but lost in the primary to
Eleanor Holmes Norton .cite news
title=D.C. Delegate; Norton Overcomes Last-Minute Crisis to Win
first=Michael
last=Abramowitz
work=The Washington Post
page=A21
date=1990-09-12
url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/72613775.html?FMT=ABS
accessdate=2008-07-28]References
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