[8] He graduated from Mackin Catholic High School in Washington,[9] then received a Bachelor of Science degree from Clark University in 1987.

[12] In 1997, Brown pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor of contributing to the 1994 reelection campaign of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy that exceeded the $2,000 limit.

[13] Brown considered running for mayor of the District of Columbia in 1998,[14] but he ultimately decided against it, saying his mother was adamantly against it.

[21] Brown polled at 3 percent in August 2006 and was considered a long shot at best to become mayor in the election held that year.

[22] After consistently trailing the pack of mayoral candidates, Brown dropped out of the race on September 7 and announced his support for another candidate, council chair Linda W. Cropp, saying, "I cannot watch a political novice, a man without the courage and strength required to run the city, attempt to steal this race from someone who has seen the city through its worse times.

"[23] Federal prosecutors later said that Jeff Thompson paid Brown $350,000 to drop out of the race and endorse Cropp.

[27] As certified by the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics:[28] In 2008, Brown ran for a at-large council member seat.

[29] District law allows only three of the five at-large Council seats, including the chair, to be affiliated with the same political party.

Democratic incumbent Kwame R. Brown was running for reelection and was likely to win, which made it nearly assured that the other seat up for election would go to a non-Democrat.

During the campaign, The Washington Post reported that Brown had received five foreclosure notices on his house in Chevy Chase, Maryland between 1996 and 2010.

[37] Between 2005 and 2010, Brown's driver's license had been suspended several times due to unpaid traffic citations and moving violations.

[39] Unofficial results from The Washington Post:[40] Brown was one of seven candidates running for an at-large seat on the council in a special election held on April 23, 2013.

[49] As part of the plea deal, he did not face charges on accepting bribes and illegal contributions in 2006, 2007, and 2008, allowing him to avoid the minimum 15-year sentence he could have received had he been convicted by a jury.