Jack Evans (D.C. politician)
| Jack Evans | |
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| Member, Council of the District of Columbia from Ward 2 |
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October 31, 1953 Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
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University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh |
Jack Evans (born October 31, 1953) is an American Democratic Party politician and a lawyer for Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. Representing Ward 2 of Washington, D.C. since 1991, Evans is the D.C. Council's longest serving lawmaker and a two-time mayoral candidate. Evans serves as the Chairman of the Board of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
Evans was born in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, the son of a florist and a school teacher. He received an economics degree with honors (cum laude) from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1975, and a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1978. He began practicing law in Washington, D.C. at the Securities and Exchange Commission in the Division of Enforcement.
Evans married Noel Soderberg in 1994. She died in September 2003 after a long battle with breast cancer. He married Michele Price in 2010, but as of January 2016, he is no longer married. He is the father of triplets. Evans has attended the Christ Church in Georgetown and the Foundry Methodist Church in Dupont Circle for which he served as Chair of the annual AIDS fundraiser from 2001–03.
Evans was elected to the D.C. Council in 1991 in a special election to replace John A. Wilson, who had run for council chairman and won. He was sworn in on May 13, 1991. He had previously served as a member of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2B in Dupont Circle. Evans was elected to serve as chairman of the ANC from 1989 to 1990. He is currently the District Council member of Ward 2, including: Chinatown, Logan Circle, Blagden Alley, Dupont Circle, Sheridan-Kalorama, Foggy Bottom, West End, Georgetown, Burleith, Hillandale and Downtown Washington (including the White House and the National Mall).
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