Kenyan R. McDuffie (born c. 1975)[citation needed] is an American lawyer and independent politician in Washington, D.C.[1] He is an at-large member of the Council of the District of Columbia since 2023, after previously representing Ward 5 from 2012 to 2023.

[3] He later worked for the United States Postal Service, delivering mail in the Friendship Heights and Spring Valley neighborhoods.

[5] Following his graduation, McDuffie was hired by Prince George's County, Maryland, first working as a law clerk for an Associate Judge on the 7th Judicial Circuit of Maryland and later as an assistant state's attorney where he prosecuted misdemeanor and felony cases in District Court and on appeal in Circuit Court.

[10] In February 2010, McDuffie resigned from his position in the mayor's administration[11] and declared his candidacy to represent Ward 5 on the Council of the District of Columbia.

[14] In January 2012, Thomas resigned from the Council and pleaded guilty to two federal crimes: theft and filing three years of false tax returns.

[29][30] In June 2022, McDuffie changed his registration to independent and picked up paperwork to file to run as a candidate for one of the at-large seats on the Council held by incumbents Elissa Silverman and Anita Bonds.

[33] It was revealed that his cousin, Keith McDuffie, was listed as Chief Executive Officer of a subcontractor who received $3 million from the deal.

[38] In 2021, McDuffie introduced legislation to create a Task Force to research and develop reparation proposals for African American descendants of slavery.