“Our mission will never be complete,” Gray said in a statement. “Our shared desire to make the District a better place each and every day is enduring. I will continue to be an advocate for our city and the people who call it home, but the time has come for me to pursue that as a private citizen.”

The announcement comes two years after Gray suffered a stroke that he’s still recovering from. This past January, colleagues voted — over Gray’s objections — to replace him as chair of the Committee on Health and instead to make him chair of a newly formed Committee on Hospital and Health EquIty.