John Capozzi

Prior to his election as Shadow U.S. Representative of the District of Columbia, Capozzi was involved in organizing protests in front of the Rayburn House office building in support of DC Statehood. He met with a number of Congresspersons prior to the 1993 vote for DC Statehood, the only vote of its kind to be held by the House of Representatives until 2022.

As the Shadow Representative, Capozzi worked with the Reverend Garyland Ellis Hagler and Council member William Lightfoot in pointing out Fannie Mae, then the largest private sector company in DC, was exempt from paying DC corporate income taxes. As a shareholder in the company, Capozzi sponsored a s shareholder's initiative to have the company make a payment, in lieu of taxes, to DC.{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/10555/wilson-as-media-spin-doctor/|work=Washington City Paper|title=Wilson as Media Spin Doctor|date=14 June 1996|location=Washington, D.C.}}

Rather than run for reelection in 1996, Capozzi ran as in the race to become an at-large councilmember on the Council of the District of Columbia and was defeated September 10, 1996.[http://www.dcboee.org/candidate_info/historic_officials/representative.asp DC Board of Elections and Ethics: At-Large Councilmember]

In 2002, at Capozzi's initiative, the DC Council debated a proposal to change the District's flag in protest of DC's lack of voting rights in Congress. The new design would have added the letters "D.C." to the center start and the words "Taxation without Representation" in white on the upper and lower bars, the format already used on District licence plates. The change, presumably, would have been temporary and revoked once the city achieved equal representation or statehood. Capozzi's proposal was passed by the council by a 10–2 vote, but the final design was never adopted.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

In 2012, Capozzi was among the candidates who ran to replace at-large councilman Phil Mendelson. Mendelson resigned his council seat after incumbent Council Chairman Kwame Brown resigned because of legal troubles.{{cite news |last1=Madden |first1=Patrick |title=D.C. Democratic Committee To Chose Council Member |url=https://wamu.org/story/12/12/10/dc_democratic_committee_to_chose_council_member/ |access-date=1 February 2021 |work=WAMU 88.5 |date=10 December 2012}} In a vote on December 10 by the District of Columbia Democratic State Committee, Capozzi placed third out of three candidates behind winner Anita Bonds and Doug Sloan.{{cite web |title=DC Council – At-Large – Appointment |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=782317 |website=Our Campaigns |access-date=1 February 2021}}

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|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = John Capozzi

|votes = 85,366

|percentage = 94.36

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| votes = 5,101

| percentage = 5.64

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|votes = 90,467

|percentage = 100.00

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = John Capozzi

| votes = 104,532

| percentage = 68.65

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| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Edward D. Turpin

| votes = 18,756

| percentage = 12.32

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| party = D.C. Statehood Party

| candidate = Paul McAllister

| votes = 14,147

| percentage = 9.29

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| party = Independent (politician)

| candidate = Keith Mitchell (Withdrawn)

| votes = 13,190

| percentage = 8.66

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| votes = 1,644

| percentage = 1.08

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| votes = 152,269

| percentage = 100.00

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| winner = Democratic Party (United States)

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In August 2009 Capozzi made headlines in a local publication, East of the River. The former shadow Rep was highlighted by reporter, Gerri Williams in an article called 'A Green Home in Hillcrest'.{{Cite web|url=http://www.capitalcommunitynews.com/CCN_Website09/publication%20html/papers/EOR/0809/AGreenHomeHillcrest.html|title=East of the River}}{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Capozzi and his wife Sue built the first Green Home with solar panels and LED thermal heating and cooling located in the South East region of Washington, D.C.

Solar energy was not new to Capozzi, as his parents installed solar in their home in 1976.

Since 2010 Capozzi, has been an active DC SUN member, filed a shareholder resolution with Pepco to force the company to reduce total greenhouse gas emissions from products and operations. He was quoted by a District of Columbia advocacy group, The Fight Back, as saying, "If they were making more money through solar then maybe they would have had more capacity to do a better job with reliability."{{Cite web|url=http://thefightback.org/2011/05/pepcoal/|title=Pepco(al)}}

He previously worked for BRMi Consulting{{Cite web|url=https://brmi.com/|title=HOME|first=Rachel|last=Williams|website=BRMi}} as a Recruitment Manager, and has worked for the D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer of the District of Columbia with human resources, community outreach, and digital in conclusion.{{Cite web|url=http://dchr.dc.gov/public-employee-salary-information|title=Public Employee Salary Information {{!}} dchr|website=dchr.dc.gov|access-date=2016-07-05}}

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