DC City Council Representatives
After the 2000 census, the Fairlawn Community was moved from Ward 6, which at that time extended west of the Anacostia River and through Capitol Hill, to being placed in the east of the Anacostia River Ward 7 and Ward 8.
The Ward 8 part of Fairlawn is roughly everything north of S Street SE from Naylor Road to Minnesota Ave and then down to Good Hope Road SE. The current DC City Council Representative for Ward 8 is Marion Barry. Ward 7 starts at the south side of S Street and continues up Naylor Road to Altamont Street and then over to Good Hope Road
and back down to Minnesota Ave. Ward 7 is represented on the DC City Council by Yvette Alexander.
While Fairlawn have the two people above as elected Ward representatives, DC City Council structure also has citywide at-large representatives which are also voted on by Fairlawn residents. They are as follows,
Vincent Gray - City Council Chairman
Phil Mendelson -At Large.
David Catania -At Large.
Carol Schwartz -At Large.
Kwame Brown -At Large.