Trayon White won his special election, sending him back to his District of Columbia Council seat after being expelled over an indictment for corruption charges. White defeated Salim Adofo, an Advisory Neighborhood Commission chairman in Congress Heights;

A former D.C. Council member is returning to his seat, five months after he was kicked out for his involvement in a federal bribery investigation.Trayon White defeated three challengers in a special election Tuesday to fill the Ward 8 council seat that has been vacant since his expulsion in February.

Expelled D.C. Council member Trayon White is back, winning the Ward 8 seat he was removed from five months ago after federal prosecutors charged him with taking cash bribes, AP projects.