David A. Catania (born January 16, 1968) is an American independent politician and lawyer from Washington, D.C. He was formerly an at-large member of the Council of the District of Columbia, which he gave up to pursue an unsuccessful run in the 2014 mayoral election. Catania is openly gay. Catania was born in Missouri, and attended Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and School of Law. He was elected to the Council as a Republican in a 1997 special election and was elected to full terms in 1998 and 2002.