Career
In 2008, he was District of Columbia"s male representative on the Democratic National Committee and a thus a superdelegate to the Democratic National Convention. He ran for reelection as national committeeman in the September 2008 Democratic primary but was defeated by Vincent Orange, 56 to 44 percent. Sharon Pratt later became District of Columbia mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly from 1991–1995.
The couple divorced in 1982 after sixteen years of marriage.
They divorced after sixteen years. The initial term for the Ward 4 seat, like those for half the council seats, was only 2 years, to provide for staggered council elections in later years, but in 1976 Dixon was reelected to a full 4-year term.
In 1978, council chairman Sterling Tucker ran for mayor rather than seeking reelection. He served 4 years. In 1982 he ran for reelection but was defeated in the Democratic primary by David A. Clarke.
More than a decade later, Dixon returned to the council as an at-large member for a few months in 1997 when he was chosen in August by the District of Columbia Democratic State Committee to replace Linda Cropp, who had vacated her at-large seat to become chairman.
The appointment lasted only until a December special election, in which he was defeated by then-Republican David Catania. Catania was sworn in on December 15, 1997.
