Former Alexandria City Councilman Mo Seifeldein‘s decision to wear an Alexandria City Council polo shirt while participating in a housing protest Tuesday has drawn questions from residents about the appropriate use of city-branded clothing by former officials and potential voter confusion.
Seifeldein, who served on the City Council from 2019 to 2021 and is running for Congress, wore the official city polo while positioning himself as a mediator during a demonstration outside the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority headquarters on Wythe Street. More than a dozen current and former ARHA tenants protested poor living conditions and delayed repairs.
The congressional candidate, who announced his bid to challenge Rep. Don Beyer, D-8th, in the 2026 Democratic primary, wore the city-branded shirt while addressing ARHA CEO Erik Johnson and arranging to compile tenant concerns for presentation to the housing authority…