Connor OBrien For Commissioner
Advisory Neighborhood Commission · Non-partisan

Connor
for Commissioner

Cleveland Park · Woodley Park
Massachusetts Ave Heights

An experienced community organizer running to make our corner of DC safer for pedestrians, more affordable for families, and more sustainable for all. Most of all, he wants to be an active champion for the neighborhood.

Connor O'Brien

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

Who is he?

Walks
the walk

A 14-year resident of DC, returned Peace Corps teacher, cross-country cycling fundraiser for affordable housing, and an aid convoy driver in Ukraine — Connor is unrelenting in his pursuit of service and community.

The through-line is doing hard, unglamorous work rather than just talking 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 — an elected body of residents serving two-year terms, each commissioner representing roughly 2,000 neighbors in a single member district of a few blocks.

3C08 covers parts of Cleveland Park and Woodley Park along with Massachusetts Avenue Heights, running from Rodman Street down to Calvert between Wisconsin Avenue and 32nd Street.

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

What a commissioner
actually does

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.

Zoning · Development · Traffic
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