Taking Aim at Schwartz

D.C. Republican Is an Election Target

• By Daniel Heim
• Roll Call Staff
• Dec. 20, 2007, Midnight

A Republican on the D.C. City Council? It sounds improbable for a city that gave President Bush just 9 percent of its vote in 2004. But for 15 of the past 23 years, Carol Schwartz has filled that unlikely role, winning four elections and serving as the council’s only Republican for much of that time.