DC Election 2016 | Democratic candidate for At-Large Councilmember
Vincent orange
Vincent Bernard Orange, Sr., is a member of the Council of the District of Columbia and was elected as an at-large member in a special election on April 26, 2011. He was re-elected to a four year term on November 4, 2012. As an at-large member he represents all eight wards of the District of Columbia and is currently the chairman of the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs. During this current term, Councilmember Orange was assigned additional oversight responsibilities for the Department of Employment Services and the Alcohol Beverage Regulation Administration.
Vincent Orange Sr. is a very active Councilmember. His accomplishments include securing the minimum wage of $11.50 per hour for District workers, the living wage of $13.60 per hour, the minimum wage and five days of sick leave pay for tipped wage workers, enactment of the wage theft law, a smoking ban within twenty-five feet of a playground, securing the permanent presence of food trucks in the District, reopening McKinley Tech as McKinley Technology High School, securing textbooks for core subjects for District students by the second week of school, recognizing by law the American Sign Language in the District, adding gender identification or expression to the list of protected classes under the DC Human Rights Act, establishing the Office of African Affairs, protecting pregnant workers’ rights, securing economic development and recreation centers for Ward 5, and more.
After winning the special election in 2011, the Council appointed Vincent Orange, Sr. chairman of the Committee on Small and Local Business Development, which included oversight for the Department of Small and Local Business Development, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Office of Motion Picture and Television Development, DC Boxing and Wrestling Commission, Public Access Television, Destination DC and the District of Columbia Emancipation Day. Councilmember Orange introduced the legislation that created the District’s only public holiday, District of Columbia Emancipation Day, which was approved in 2005.
From 1999 to 2007, Vincent Orange, Sr. served two-terms as the Ward Five Councilmember. From 2001 to 2007, he served as chairman of the Committee on Government Operations with oversight over twenty-three agencies including the Office of the Mayor, City Administrator, Inspector General, Chief Technology Officer and Contracts and Procurement. He also served as co-chair of the Committee on Special Education.
Taking advantage of opportunities provided by a strong public school education, Vincent Orange earned A Better Chance scholarship to attend Fountain Valley School (a college preparatory high school in Colorado Springs, Colorado). He earned degrees in business administration and communications from the University of the Pacific, a law degree from Howard University, and a master of laws in taxation from Georgetown University.
Vincent Orange also earned two certificates from Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government for Senior Executives in State and Local Government, and for Crisis Management: Preparation, Performance, and Leadership. Vincent Orange is an attorney and a certified public accountant. He is a life member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and a Prince Hall Affiliated Mason.
Vincent Orange is married to Gwendolyn Evans-Orange who earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary and early childhood education from Queens College and a master’s degree in special education from Howard University. The couple has three children and a daughter-in law; Vincent Bernard Orange, Jr., daughter-in law Emily Lawson-Orange, Paul Wesley Orange, and Jannie Elizabeth Orange. The Oranges are faithful members of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. and reside in Ward 5.
Vincent Orange Sr. is a very active Councilmember. His accomplishments include securing the minimum wage of $11.50 per hour for District workers, the living wage of $13.60 per hour, the minimum wage and five days of sick leave pay for tipped wage workers, enactment of the wage theft law, a smoking ban within twenty-five feet of a playground, securing the permanent presence of food trucks in the District, reopening McKinley Tech as McKinley Technology High School, securing textbooks for core subjects for District students by the second week of school, recognizing by law the American Sign Language in the District, adding gender identification or expression to the list of protected classes under the DC Human Rights Act, establishing the Office of African Affairs, protecting pregnant workers’ rights, securing economic development and recreation centers for Ward 5, and more.
After winning the special election in 2011, the Council appointed Vincent Orange, Sr. chairman of the Committee on Small and Local Business Development, which included oversight for the Department of Small and Local Business Development, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Office of Motion Picture and Television Development, DC Boxing and Wrestling Commission, Public Access Television, Destination DC and the District of Columbia Emancipation Day. Councilmember Orange introduced the legislation that created the District’s only public holiday, District of Columbia Emancipation Day, which was approved in 2005.
From 1999 to 2007, Vincent Orange, Sr. served two-terms as the Ward Five Councilmember. From 2001 to 2007, he served as chairman of the Committee on Government Operations with oversight over twenty-three agencies including the Office of the Mayor, City Administrator, Inspector General, Chief Technology Officer and Contracts and Procurement. He also served as co-chair of the Committee on Special Education.
Taking advantage of opportunities provided by a strong public school education, Vincent Orange earned A Better Chance scholarship to attend Fountain Valley School (a college preparatory high school in Colorado Springs, Colorado). He earned degrees in business administration and communications from the University of the Pacific, a law degree from Howard University, and a master of laws in taxation from Georgetown University.
Vincent Orange also earned two certificates from Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government for Senior Executives in State and Local Government, and for Crisis Management: Preparation, Performance, and Leadership. Vincent Orange is an attorney and a certified public accountant. He is a life member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and a Prince Hall Affiliated Mason.
Vincent Orange is married to Gwendolyn Evans-Orange who earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary and early childhood education from Queens College and a master’s degree in special education from Howard University. The couple has three children and a daughter-in law; Vincent Bernard Orange, Jr., daughter-in law Emily Lawson-Orange, Paul Wesley Orange, and Jannie Elizabeth Orange. The Oranges are faithful members of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. and reside in Ward 5.