Adrian fenty biography

Adrian Malik Fenty (born December 6, 1970)^[1] was the sixth, and youngest Mayor of the District of Columbia.^[2] He was a national leader in urban education reform.^[3] He lost his re-election bid in the 2010 Democratic primary to Vincent C.

Gray, who went on to win the election for mayor.

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Early life, education, and family

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Fenty grew up in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C. and graduated from Mackin Catholic High School. As a teenager, he worked at Swenson's Ice Cream next to the Uptown Theatre.^[4]

Fenty's mother is white, and his father is African-American.

Adrian Fenty is the middle child of three boys—older brother Shawn, a bicycle expert, and younger brother Jess. Their parents are runners and own a Fleet Feet athletic shoe store in the D.C. neighborhood of Adams Morgan.^[5] Adrian has run in the Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run each year since 2004, improving his fin