Dan Barrios does not work in a typical office.
Tucked in the back corner of a shared office space, flanked on one side by a moat of vibrantly colored pamphlets and a large bottle of Tajín on the other, Dan Barrios — the retiring City of Richardson council member — leaned back to look up at an entirely white wall.
Like most local elections, Barrios’ office is scrappy and temporary. Except he’s not running for a local office: Barrios is trying to earn a ticket to the District of Columbia’s House of Representatives…