Betty Ann Kane | |
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Member of the Council of the District of Columbia at-large | |
In office 1979–1991 | |
Preceded by | Douglas E. Moore |
Succeeded by | Linda W. Cropp |
Personal details | |
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | Middlebury College (B.A.) Yale University (M.A., English)[1] |
Betty Ann Kane is a former American politician who served as an at-large member of the Council of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991.[2] Kane later served as a commissioner on the District of Columbia Public Service Commission.[1]
Kane was a non-resident elected city commissioner for Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, from 1996 to 2005.
Kane was elected to the D.C. school board in 1974.[1] In 1978, at-large city council member Douglas E. Moore decided to run for council chairman rather than for reelection, and Kane took the opportunity to run for the seat he was vacating.[2] She narrowly defeated H. R. Crawford in the Democratic primary and went on to win the general election.[3][4] Kane was re-elected in 1982 and 1986.[2]
In 1990, Kane ran for delegate to Congress, but lost in the primary to Eleanor Holmes Norton.[5]