Connor O’BrienFor Commissioner · ANC 3C08
Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3C08 · Ward 3 · Non-partisan

Connor
for Commissioner

Cleveland Park · Woodley Park
Massachusetts Ave Heights

An experienced community organizer running for the seat that decides what gets built, what gets licensed, and what finally gets fixed on our blocks.

Connor O'Brien

Vote Tuesday
Nov 3, 2026
Polls 7am–8pm

Who is he?

Walks
the walk

Connor has been a Washingtonian for 14 years, by way of Connecticut, and lives here with his fiancée Lindsey. He started out as a Peace Corps schoolteacher. He now works for a charity that leads humanitarian aid convoys into Ukraine.

The through-line is hard, unglamorous work rather than talk about it — which describes the job of a commissioner fairly well.

Already done here
  • Polonne Sunflower GardenCo-founded the garden on Wisconsin Avenue.
  • Adopt-a-blockLed a community cleanup program across the neighborhood.
  • Winter weather supportSet up a group chat last winter connecting neighbors who needed a walk shoveled with neighbors who could shovel it.

What is an ANC, anyway?

Two thousand neighbors. One seat at the table.

An Advisory Neighborhood Commission is the most local layer of government in Washington — hyperlocal, elected bodies of residents serving two-year terms. Each commissioner represents roughly 2,000 residents in a single member district of a few blocks.

3C08 is one of those districts. It covers parts of Cleveland Park and Woodley Park, along with Massachusetts Avenue Heights.

3C08Single member district
Ward 3Commission C, District 8
~2,000Residents represented
2 yrsLength of term
The job

What a commissioner
actually does

Advise

Weigh in on what gets built

Commissioners submit official recommendations to DC agencies on zoning, development, and traffic changes. By law, the city must give those recommendations great weight.

Review

Vote on business licenses

Alcohol, cannabis, and sidewalk cafe permits for local businesses come before the commission for a neighborhood vote.

Resolve

Cut through city hall

Commissioners help residents navigate city services — trash collection, parking, and public safety — when the normal channels stall out.

Priorities

Three things,
done properly

Streets

Safer, more
walkable blocks

Reno Road reform and speed humps top the list, alongside real benches at bus stops, sidewalks that are safe to walk, and a more bike-friendly city.

Housing

Building that
fits the block

Sensible development and affordable housing that follow Ward 3’s historic development patterns instead of ignoring them.

Main street

Full storefronts,
better parks

Thriving small businesses along Wisconsin and Connecticut Avenues with fewer vacancies, and real improvements to Bryce Park and the spaces we share.

The district

Is this
your block?

3C08 runs from Rodman Street down to Calvert, bounded roughly by Wisconsin and Massachusetts Avenues on the west and 32nd Street on the east. If you live inside the outlined area, Connor is on your ballot.

  • Ordway St
  • Newark St
  • Macomb St
  • Lowell St
  • Klingle Rd
  • Garfield St
  • Fulton St
  • Edmunds St
  • 34th St
  • 36th St
  • Woodley Rd
  • Cathedral Ave

Trim this list to the streets actually inside the boundary.

Map showing the boundaries of single member district 3C08 within ANC 3C
Single Member District 3C08 — Ward 3, Commission C
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