ELECTION Ex-mayor wins seat on council

He once served six months in prison for a drug conviction.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Washington Mayor Marion Barry, infamous for being caught smoking crack on an FBI videotape, has made it back to city hall -- again.
The man once dubbed "Mayor For Life" appeared Tuesday night to have won the Democratic nomination for the Ward 8 council seat -- the same post he won in 1992 after serving six months in prison for his drug conviction. He used that as a springboard to a fourth term as mayor in 1994.
Barry, 68, ran a low-key campaign against Councilwoman Sandy Allen, who once served as his campaign manager.
"Money can't buy service and can't buy love. And I've given service to this community," Barry told an election night crowd.
Defeat
Allen conceded defeat to reporters. "There are people out there who only vote when Marion Barry runs. You can't figure them into your projections," she said. "I will always work with whoever the council member is, whoever is the people's choice."
Barry pledged to work for jobs, construction of 10,000 new homes and health care. He urged supporters to lobby the mayor and city council. "I cannot do it alone," Barry said.
"This man has devoted 40 years of his life to changing the character of this city," Barry volunteer Jesse Price, 59, said at the victory party.
Others expressed concern that Barry's election could place the district and Ward 8 under increased scrutiny from Congress, which has legislative authority over the city.