Vincent Condol Gray (born November 8, 1942) is an American politician who served on the Council of the District of Columbia representing Ward 7 from 2017 to 2025.

[1] He served as mayor for one term, losing his bid for reelection in the Democratic primary to D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser in the 2014 election.

[13] Gray began his political career with the D.C. Arc, where he successfully advocated for innovative public policy initiatives on behalf of people with intellectual disabilities.

[17] Gray ran his campaign under the banner "One City" and focused on unity among the disparate racial and economic groups in Washington, D.C.[18] In 2008, Gray successfully led his Council colleagues in passing the "Pre-K Enhancement and Expansion Act of 2008",[7] a program to provide universal pre-kindergarten to every three- and four-year-old in the District of Columbia by 2014, to increase early intervention and enhancement services for student success.

[36] Gray flatly denied Brown's allegations, but acknowledged "missteps" in his administration's job vetting process and called for an investigation by the city attorney general and the DC Council.

[38] Brown began meeting with federal officials from the U.S. Attorney's office, the FBI, and staff of the House Oversight and Government Committee, who said that they were "assessing" his allegations.

[42] On March 10, 2011, District Councilmember Jack Evans, chairman of the Council's Committee on Finance and Revenue, announced that he was postponing "indefinitely" Gray's nomination of Green to chair the Washington Convention and Sports Authority.

[43] The same day, Gray announced that he had retained the services of Robert S. Bennett, the attorney who represented President Bill Clinton during the Lewinsky scandal, as his legal counsel.

[40] In October 2011, The Washington Post reported that the United States Attorney's Office was investigating, subpoenaing documents, interviewing campaign staff members, and looking into money-order donations possibly in excess of District regulations.

[45] Two days later, Howard Brooks pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators, admitting that he had given over $7,800 in money orders to Sulaimon Brown during the 2010 mayoral race.

[47] Gray was not charged with any wrongdoing and no evidence was presented that he had any knowledge of the shadow campaign; however, U.S. Attorney Ron Machen said that the mayor was still under investigation.

[50] A poll published eight days later by The Washington Post revealed that a majority of District residents, 54 percent, believed that Gray should resign.

[51] On March 10, 2014, United States Attorney Ronald Machen alleged at a court hearing that Gray knew about businessman Jeffrey E. Thompson's conspiracy to channel more than $660,000 in illegal donations into the campaign.

They further alleged that after the election, Thompson gave a $10,000 check to Gray's "close family member" to settle debts with campaign workers.

At Gray's request, Thompson allegedly gave $10,000 to fund an unnamed union election campaign and $40,000 to a "close personal friend" in part to finance home improvements.

Thompson has multiple relationships with men, including some who may have been underage, and prosecutors feared that if he had paid money to conceal this fact that a jury would not find him credible.

[57] Gray said he was running because accomplishments in Ward 7 were slowed or stalling, in particular the need to expand access to affordable, high-quality healthcare and build a new hospital to serve residents on the East End of the city.

The Sky Suite tickets were freely provided to the Mayor's office, while Gray defended his children as "ambassadors" of the District; the widower’s daughter was designated First Lady of the city.

[60] In 2024, his children filed a petition asking for a conservatorship to manage his affairs, alleging that he had experienced a total of four strokes and accusing his second wife, Dawn Kum, of not devoting adequate resource to his care.