Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Catania bụ onye mbụ kwupụtara n'ezoghị ọnụ na ọ bụ nwoke nwere mmasị nwoke na D.C. Council na otu n'ime ọnụ ọgụgụ dị nta nke ndị Republican kwupụtara n'ezoghị ọnụ na ọ bụ nwoke nwere mmasị nwoke. Nke a dugara n'esemokwu n'etiti ndị otu ya mgbe Onyeisi ala George W. Bush kwuru okwu na-akwado mmezi nke Iwu United States iji machibido alụmdi na nwunye nwoke na nwoke ma ọ bụ nwanyị na nwanyị. Catania megidere mmezi ahụ wee bụrụ onye na-emegide ntuli aka nke Bush na 2004. Na nzaghachi, Kọmitii Republican nke District nke Columbia wepụrụ ya dị ka onye nnọchiteanya na 2004 Republican National Convention
Ọ dị mma. Catania kwupụtara nkwado ya maka onye na-azọ ọkwa onyeisiala nke Democratic, John Kerry, otu izu tupu mgbakọ ahụ. N'ọnwa Septemba afọ 2004, Catania hapụrụ pati ahụ wee bụrụ onye nọọrọ onwe ya, na-ekwu na obi adịghị ya mma na ntuziaka ya na nsogbu obodo na nke mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya. A họpụtara ya ọzọ na 2006 na 2010 dịka onye nweere onwe ya.