D.C. Council Member Kenyan McDuffie has suspended his campaign for attorney general of the District.
The move comes after last week’s ruling by a three-judge panel of the District’s Court of Appeals. They agreed with D.C.’s Board of Elections that McDuffie did not meet the minimum requirements to run in the June 21 Democratic primary.
D.C. law requires that attorney general candidates must be “actively engaged” as a lawyer for at least five of the past 10 years.
On Saturday, McDuffie was denied a hearing by the full court, as he tried to appeal that panel’s ruling.
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