Gail Fast
Candidate for Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, ANC 6D, SMD 6D03
Background
A Southwest resident for more than 30 years, she served on ANC 6D from 2016 to 2020, including as secretary and chair, and won the 6D03 seat again in 2022 and 2024. She served on the advisory committee that developed the 2015 Southwest Small Area Plan.
Documented positions
Public safety
Sponsored ANC letter against Guard patrols at Jefferson AcademyIn office
In January 2026 she moved that ANC 6D ask the DC National Guard's director that Guard members not patrol the Jefferson Academy campus; the motion passed 7-0.
ReportANC 6D meeting minutes, January 20, 2026Government record · Office of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions · Minutes, January 20, 2026 · oanc.dc.gov
Housing
Opposes planned matter-of-right townhouses at Waterfront Station lots
She wants more housing and retail on the last two Waterfront Station lots to create the 'Main Street' on 4th Street SW envisioned in the Southwest Small Area Plan.
ReportGreater Greater Washington 2026 ANC questionnaire responses (data behind GGWash's ANC voter guide)Candidate questionnaire · Greater Greater Washington · Question 32 · greater-greater-washington.github.io
“We need to fight the current proposed matter-of-right development, bring more housing to those spaces”
Greater Greater Washington 2026 ANC candidate questionnaire: Gail Fast (SMD 6D03)Candidate questionnaire · Greater Greater Washington · Question 32 · ggwash.org
Roads & infrastructure
Pledges to advocate restoring cut Southwest bus routes
She wants the lost lines on 7th Street SW and I Street SW brought back, or folded into current routes.
ReportGreater Greater Washington 2026 ANC questionnaire responses (data behind GGWash's ANC voter guide)Candidate questionnaire · Greater Greater Washington · Question 32 · greater-greater-washington.github.io
“I plan to advocate to bring back those routes”
Greater Greater Washington 2026 ANC candidate questionnaire: Gail Fast (SMD 6D03)Candidate questionnaire · Greater Greater Washington · Question 32 · ggwash.org
Opposes removing parking and travel lanes for protected bike lanes
She wrote she would be fully supportive if the city could build dedicated bus and bike lanes with their own signals, as in Amsterdam and Copenhagen.
ReportGreater Greater Washington 2026 ANC questionnaire responses (data behind GGWash's ANC voter guide)Candidate questionnaire · Greater Greater Washington · Question 28 · greater-greater-washington.github.io
“No, I do not support removing parking and travel lanes to build protected bike lanes.”
Greater Greater Washington 2026 ANC candidate questionnaire: Gail Fast (SMD 6D03)Candidate questionnaire · Greater Greater Washington · Question 28 · ggwash.org
Other issues in this race
Other candidates in this race addressed these topics. We found no documented position from Gail Fast on them.
- Taxes & budgetNo documented position found.
- Health & human servicesNo documented position found.
All sources (7)
- Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) Candidates in Ballot Order, November 3, 2026 General Election
Election filing · District of Columbia Board of Elections · dcboe.org
- 2026 General Election: certified sample ballots and candidate lists (all wards and ANCs)
Election filing · District of Columbia Board of Elections · dcboe.org
- ANC 6D: Single Member District 6D03
Government record · Advisory Neighborhood Commission 6D · anc6d.org
- OpenANC: District 6D03 (commissioners and 2022/2024 election results)
Other · OpenANC · openanc.org
- Greater Greater Washington 2026 ANC questionnaire responses (data behind GGWash's ANC voter guide)
Candidate questionnaire · Greater Greater Washington · greater-greater-washington.github.io
- Greater Greater Washington 2026 ANC candidate questionnaire: Gail Fast (SMD 6D03)
Candidate questionnaire · Greater Greater Washington · ggwash.org
- ANC 6D meeting minutes, January 20, 2026
Government record · Office of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions · oanc.dc.gov
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