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Shadow campaign mastermind Jeff Thompson pleads guilty, implicates Vince Gray. [LL, Post, Times, AP, WAMU, Post, LL]
David Catania will run for mayor. [LL, WAMU]
U.S. Attorney Ron Machen: it’s “just the tip of the iceberg.” [LL]
Gray: It’s all “lies.” [Post]
Thompson straw donations spread widely around District politics. [LL]
Thompson’s shadow campaigns in three charts. [LL]
Colby King: Gray will have to say more than that. [Post]
Investigation upends mayoral race. [Post]
Jim Graham says he’s been “serially victimized” by Thompson-backed 2010 opponent Jeff Smith. [LL]
Jack Evans: Gray should do what’s best for the city if he’s charged. [LL]
Post ed board: Voters will have to weigh the evidence against Gray, since he won’t drop out. [Post]
Petula Dvorak on “Uncle Earl”: “It’s always a bad uncle who messes it all up, right?” [Post]
D.C. Council won’t have to approve the Digital D.C. plan. [WBJ]
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