As you fill out your ballot, you may want to know more about our most important yet most underrated local races: the Single Member District ANC commissionership! These brave and generous souls volunteer their time to make sure we can have good governance at the most local level. Meet your ANC candidates and let us know if you have any questions! The candidates’ answers have been lightly edited for clarity. Don’t know YOUR Single Member District? Click here and find it! ––María Helena Carey

Your name
Karen Hughes
Your ANC single member district
6B09
My name is Karen Hughes and I am running unopposed to represent SMD 6B09, home of The Roost, Hill East Burger, Trusty’s, and the Congressional Cemetery. I hope that, as an ANC Commissioner, I will have the opportunity to represent the interests of our community in city decision-making. We can anticipate a few big projects over the next two years, including an overhaul by DDOT of the Pennsylvania x Potomac Ave intersection. Along the way, I want to advocate for pedestrian safety. I encourage my neighbors to visit my website and take a short survey: www.KarenHughesDC.com.