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"William Kennedy Smith seeks lowly capital office" Washington Post August 29, 2014
WASHINGTON — William Kennedy Smith, who counts among his uncles two senators and a president, is going into the family business — in the political equivalent of the mailroom.
William K. Smith is one of two names on the Nov. 4 ballot for Advisory Neighborhood Commission seat 2A04, representing a sliver of Washington that includes the Watergate complex.
Smith, 53, a physician who lives in the Watergate West building and runs a medical software company, confirmed Wednesday what is his first run for public office but said he does not have a political career in mind.
‘‘I think of it as service,’’ he said. ‘‘I’ve done a lot of different things internationally, and I’ve been involved in grass-roots activities in a lot of different capacities. . . . I just felt it was a good thing to do.’’
Smith came to national attention more than two decades ago after being accused of raping a woman in Palm Beach, Fla. He was acquitted in December 1991 of sexual battery and battery after a two-week trial that garnered intense national attention.
Advisory neighborhood commissions represent the lowest level of District of Columbia government, weighing in on issues as liquor licenses, zoning petitions, and street projects.
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