Derrick Leon Davis (D-District 6) will resign from the Prince George’s County Council on April 15, marking an early end to the final term of one of the council’s longest-serving members.
The council will select someone to fill the seat held by Davis, who has served since winning a special election in 2011. His seat, along with the 10 others on the council, is on the ballot this year, with the primary to be held July 19 and the general election Nov. 8. Davis, who declined to comment on his plans, said he decided he had accomplished what he wanted to on the council and was ready for a change.
“I have always done things on my own terms,” Davis said in an interview. “So when I see a natural break, I take it.”
Davis, who served as council chair in 2016 and 2017, has pushed throughout his tenure for development in this Washington suburb and has been a strong advocate for Prince George’s in the broader region. He said highlights of his council career were the recent rewrite of the county’s 50-year-old zoning code and improvements to the county’s health-care landscape, including the opening last year of the regional hospital in Largo.
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