Betty Ann Kane | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Council of the District of Columbia at-large | |
| In office 1979–1991 | |
| Preceded by | Douglas E. Moore |
| Succeeded by | Linda W. Cropp |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Middlebury College (B.A.) Yale University (M.A.,English) [1] |
Betty Ann Kane is an American former politician who served as an at-large member of the Council of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991. [2] Kane later served as a commissioner on the District of Columbia Public Service Commission. [1]
Kane was a non-resident elected city commissioner for Rehoboth Beach,Delaware,from 1996 to 2005.
Kane was elected to the D.C. school board in 1974. [1] In 1978,at-large city council member Douglas E. Moore decided to run for council chairman rather than for reelection,and Kane took the opportunity to run for the seat he was vacating. [2] She narrowly defeated H. R. Crawford in the Democratic primary and went on to win the general election. [3] [4] Kane was re-elected in 1982 and 1986. [2]
In 1990,Kane ran for delegate to Congress,but lost in the primary to Eleanor Holmes Norton. [5]