Michael D. Brown Democratic Michael D. Brown Democratic The 2012 United States Shadow Senator election in the District of Columbia took place on November 6, 2012, to elect a shadow member to the United States Senate to represent the District of Columbia.

The member was only recognized by the District of Columbia and not officially sworn or seated by the United States Senate.

This was a stark contrast to incumbent Senator Brown, who loaned his campaign only $1,200 with the rest of his much smaller budget composed of small donations from city residents.

Ross hid assets from the IRS and eventually pleaded guilty to a felony tax evasion charge.

On this issue, Senator Brown said "I’m all about redemption, too, but a guy with this kind of record can’t go up to Capitol Hill"[2] Additionally, it was revealed that Ross owed $441,734 in unpaid sales tax, interest, and penalties to the DC government.