the 2025 Washington DC Ward 8 special election, a contest between expelled Councilmember Trayon White sr. and other community leaders resulted in White's Sr's. return to the council mere months after his expulsions due to being charged by the FBI with bribery in ex change for steering a contract to a favored company
The result of this election, where White sr. won due to a combination of First Past the post and a split field, is (per WTOP news) prolonged uncertainty for Ward 8 voters as their council member battles a federal corruption trial set to begin in January 2026