Trayon White

Trayon White is a member of the Council of the District of Columbia, representing Ward 8 of the District of Columbia. From January 2012 to March 2014, he was a member of the District of Columbia State Board of Education. He ran for the Ward 8 seat on the Council of the District of Columbia in a special election in April 2015 and narrowly lost the Democratic primary to eventual Councilmember LaRuby May. He ran for the same seat again in June 2016, defeating May for the Democratic nomination by 688 votes. He won election to the Council in November 2016.