Recall campaign against D.C. Council member Jack Evans moves ahead

Volunteers are collecting signatures in an effort to recall D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2), after an election panel gave a green light to their campaign to try to unseat the District’s longest-serving lawmaker.

Evans, who was first elected in 1991, is facing fallout from news reports about his ties to various private legal and consulting clients and an ongoing federal investigation into those relationships. Evans was formally reprimanded by the council in March, and two challengers have filed paperwork to run against him, citing his ethics scandals.