Thursday, September 30, 2010

White House party crasher Carlos Allen qualifies for D.C. mayoral race, tops ballot

D.C. mayoral candidate Carlos Allen, 2010. (Bill O'Leary/TWP) Is this a great country or what? Two of the people who crashed the White House state dinner last fall ended up with a reality-TV deal -- and now a third crasher has ended up on the ballot for D.C. mayor. At the top of the ballot. Carlos Allen's announcement that he was entering the race seemed like a gag at first, and his initial attempt to join the Democratic primary fell through when his petition -- just short of the necessary 2,000 valid signatures -- could not withstand a challenge. But just as Allen found a novel way into the White House (still under investigation), he's found a path onto the November ballot: as an independent candidate. D.C. Board of Elections officials confirmed Wednesday that Allen had secured a spot (the second petition he circulated had ample names and received




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