What Might Be Next for Muriel Bowser?

Muriel Bowser is leaving the mayoral role after three terms and more than a decade in office. She has not specified a next step, saying she has time to work on something entirely different. The city has had six mayors since the Home Rule Act in 1973. Walter Washington, after losing reelection, became a partner at a law firm and later retired. Marion Barry did not fully retire, returning to elected office after prison and serving on the DC Council until his death. Sharon Pratt Kelly founded a consulting firm focused on communication, technology, and emergency-management planning. Anthony Williams moved into finance, policy, and legal roles, later leading the Federal City Council. Adrian Fenty pursued speaking and advisory work after losing reelection.

"Bowser has been vague, telling one local TV channel, "I'm a young mayor, so I have another 20 years to work and do something entirely different." The city has had six previous mayors since the Home Rule Act was passed in 1973. Here's a look at what they've done after leaving office."

"When he was released from prison in 1992, Barry mounted a comeback, first becoming Ward 8's council member, then returning to the mayor's office from 1995 to 1999. He later went back to the DC Council, again representing Ward 8, until his death in 2014."

"A few years later, she founded Pratt Consulting, which works with government agencies and NGOs on communication, technology, and emergency-management plans. Her company contracted with the DC Department of Health to be the city's main liaison with the Department of Homeland Security in the 2000s."

"The two-term mayor departed in 2006 and went on to hold various roles in the city's finance, policy, and legal worlds. He has now been executive director of the Federal City Council, a highly influential business-interests group, for more than a decade."

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