"LaRuby May"@en . "D.C. City Council member" . "from Ward 8" . . . . . . "Member of theCouncil of the District of Columbia" . . "1975Z"^^ . "LaRuby May (born 1975) is a Democratic politician and African American lawyer who represents Ward 8 on the Council of the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C. She won the Ward 8 special election on May 10, 2015, succeeding Marion Barry, who died in office on November 23, 2014. May, who was sworn in to office on May 14, 2015, will serve out the remainder of Barry's term, which ends on December 31, 2016."@en . "May, LaRuby"@en .