James E. "Jim" Nathanson is a former politician and lawyer in Washington, D.C.
He was elected to represent Ward 3 on the Council of the District of Columbia in 1987 and served until 1995.
[1][2] Nathanson was a teacher at Duke Ellington School of the Arts in February 1986 when he announced his run for the Ward 3 council seat of Polly Shackleton, who was not running for reelection.
[3] He won the 1986 election and was reelected in 1990, but was defeated in an upset by Kathleen Patterson in the 1994 Democratic primary.
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