2023 ELECTION

Candidates for Office in Orange County 2023

July 22, 2023

CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION CANDIDATES

  • Mariela Hernandez
  • Jane S. Gabin
  • Michelle Rissling
  • Barbara Fedders
  • Honoria (Honor) Middough
  • Taylor Tally
  • Solomon Gibson III
  • Deon Temne
  • Meredith Ballew
  • Allison Willis
  • Renee Peet
  • Vickie Feaster Fornville
  • Rani Dasi
  • Ashton Powell

 TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL MAYOR

  • Adam Searing
  • Jess Anderson

TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL

  • Breckany Teal Eckhardt
  • Jeffrey Hoagland
  • Renuka Soll
  • Erik Valera
  • David Adams
  • Theodore Nollert
  • Elizabeth Sharp
  • Amy Ryan
  • Melissa McCullough
  • Jon Mitchell

TOWN OF CARRBORO MAYOR

  • Barbara Foushee

TOWN OF CARRBORO TOWN COUNCIL

  • Jason Merrill
  • Catherine Fray
  • Eliazar Posada
  • April Mills
  • Stephanie Wade

TOWN OF HILLSBOROUGH MAYOR

  • Mark Bell

TOWN OF HILLSBOROUGH BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

  • Evelyn P. Lloyd
  • Victoria Masika
  • Matt Hughes
  • Meaghun Darab

2023 Election Posts

Old Council goes out with a bang…

Nov 12, 2023

This old Chapel Hill Council is going out with a bang.  On the agenda Wednesday November 15 is a resolution that would extend the town and urban services southward along 15-501. On the Monday night work session is a discussion on truncating  advisory board...

What’s Gone Wrong with Chapel Hill Development Decisions?

Oct 30, 2023

Here is what a new Council could do:     Enforce our tree ordinance and apply existing buffer regulations. Reinstate single family zoning because it does not create affordable housing in a college town. Start listening to individuals, petitions from hundreds of...

Will “Complete Communities” be another Blue Hill?

Oct 28, 2023

The Chapel Hill town council majority has embarked on yet another framework for development, this time termed Complete Communities, a concept advanced by a Canadian consultant at a cost of over $470,000. At the same time, town staff have removed all but two advisory...

CHALT Candidate Interviews 2023

Oct 12, 2023

CHALT interviewed all the candidates in the upcoming Chapel Hill election. Here are the six questions we asked them and the link to their video responses on YouTube. Click here to view all the Candidate Responses on our YouTube Channel. Instructions given to each...

Practical Policies to Address the Housing Crisis

Oct 10, 2023

CHALT sponsored three webinars this past year on how Chapel Hill can address the housing crisis. You can watch the video of each at the following U-tube links. The video links can be found here. Part I: Origins of the Housing Crisis: How We Got Here Part II: Part II:...

An Open Letter to Karen Stegman

Oct 6, 2023

Council member Karen Stegman attacked CHALT in a newsletter this week. https://karenstegman.substack.com/  CHALT was formed in 2015 to provide a counterweight to the development lobby in order to give neighborhoods a more effective voice and improve Council decisions....

WCHL Candidate Interviews

Oct 6, 2023

Listen to all the candidates for Mayor and Chapel Hill Council on these recorded candidate interviews by WCHL. https://chapelboro.com/news/election/2023-candidate-introductions-chapel-hill-municipal-races

Candidate Forums

Sep 18, 2023

Candidates for Chapel Hill Mayor and Town Council will be attending many community forums. We encourage you to participate in our democracy and become an informed voter.  Sept. 19th, 5-6:30pm: NEXT, CEF, and IFC Candidate Forum - Fellowship Hall, Binkley Baptist...

A Few Reasons Why Chapel Hill Needs New Leadership

Sep 5, 2023

Fiscal mismanagement resulting in unfunded town services and huge property tax increase that could have been avoided with responsible spending Underpaying essential town workers while overpaying top 5% of workers Overspending on private consultants when local...

Recent 2023 Election Posts

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