holding office in the district

holding office in the district Sec. 741. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person who is otherwise qualified to hold the office of Chairman or member of the Council or Mayor shall be disqualified from being a candidate for such office by reason of his employment in the competitive or excepted service of the United States. For the purposes of this section, a person shall be deemed to be a candidate on and after the date he qualifies under applicable provisions of law in the District to have his name placed on the ballot in either a primary or general election for the office for which he is a candidate. Such candidacy shall terminate— (1) with respect to a person who has been defeated in a primary election held to nominate candidates for the office for which he is a candidate, on the day of such primary election; (2) with respect to a person who is defeated in the general election held for the office for which he is a candidate, on the date of such general election: and (3) with respect to a person who is elected in the general election held for the office for which he is a candidate, on the date such person assumes such office.