Christopher J. Shorter, a veteran bureaucrat in D.C. government who currently is an assistant city manager in Austin, Texas, is the leading contender for the new post of Baltimore city administrator, The Brew has learned.

Shorter is the clear favorite of incoming Mayor Brandon M. Scott, who engineered the passage of the 2020 charter amendment (“Question K”) that establishes the new position.

Scott is expected to announce his choice for city administrator after he is sworn in as mayor next Tuesday.

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