Where was Fenty?

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When the District of Columbia cast their vote last night, Mayor Fenty was nowhere to be found.  As head of the D.C. Delegation, he had the role of announcing the vote total to the entire convention.  According to the DCist, the mayor showed up ten minutes after D.C.'s roll call. 

Instead of Fenty, Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton made the improptu speech - calling on conventioners to support the D.C. voting rights effort and announcing 33 votes for Barack Obama and 6 votes for Hillary Clinton.  The mayor has been absent for much of the convention, leaving to open schools in the District earlier this week. He is also staying in a separate hotel from his delegation.

To hear full audio from D.C.'s roll call, click below.

D.C.'s Roll Call

- Mallory Thompson