DC Mayor Invited To Join Democratic Governors Association

WASHINGTON, DC — The Democratic Governors Association invited D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday to join the organization as a member. The decision marks the first time a government official from D.C. has been allowed to join the group.

The announcement follows last month's vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to pass D.C. statehood for the second time in history. The measure is now held up in the Senate where Republicans and some Democrats still oppose D.C. statehood.

Last month, a group of the D.C. region's top leaders also formally endorsed D.C. statehood for the first time. The board of directors of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments unanimously approved a resolution this urging Congress to "establish the state of Washington, D.C. without delay."

"Mayor Bowser's historic induction to the Democratic Governors Association proves what 700,000 D.C. residents already know: D.C. deserves statehood and a full-fledged governor," Stasha Rhodes, campaign manager of 51 for 51, said in a statement.

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