Christina Henderson (politician)

Henderson was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her mother joined the U.S. Army when she was young, leading the family to relocate multiple times. She considers Washington, D.C. her first permanent home. She attended Furman University, where she was the first black student body president, and was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. ==Career==

Henderson worked in D.C. Public Schools on teacher effectiveness and as Deputy Chief of Staff for Councilmember David Grosso. After leaving his office, Henderson worked as a legislative assistant for U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer before launching her campaign for the council. It was the first campaign she had undertaken. ==Positions==

As a candidate, Henderson said one of the first bills she plans to introduce is for ranked choice voting, as the current system favors incumbents. She is a skeptic of "defunding the police," saying that the Metropolitan Police Department should keep its current size. She supports tax increases on the wealthy and reforms to rent control. ==Campaign==

Henderson switched her party affiliation to run as an independent and received an endorsement from The Washington Post. She garnered 15 percent of the vote to win the seat among 23 candidates. She ran using public financing, which capped the amount she could accept from individuals, and was a program created through legislation she worked on as a staffer. ==Personal life==

Henderson and her husband, Nu Wexler, met while working on Capitol Hill and got married in 2016. They have a daughter. They live in Petworth and have a rescue dog, Langston. ==References==