2023 City Council Candidates

City of Durham City Council At-Large

(You may vote for THREE)

Election Day is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 7th

***According to the NCGOP Plan of Organization, the Durham GOP CANNOT endorse any candidate who is not a registered Republican.  In an attempt to offer voting guidance to Durham Republicans, we crafted a gauge as a guide for this year's municipal election.  Feel free to continue your research with the candidate's provided web links.***

Nate Baker

Natefordurham.com

Resumé

Currently on Durham Planning Commission

Priorities

  • Affordable housing
  • Protect and support existing affordable housing
  • Prioritize Good Government
  • Protect Our Environment
  • Create safe, convenient, and comfortable bus, bike, and pedestrian options.
  • Enhance and expand our parks and recreation options
  • Pay competitive wages to our emergency service workers
  • Invest in proven gang intervention programs and expand the HEART Program
  • Climate change action
  • Fight for Durham residents from the bottom up

Shanetta Burris

Shanetta4Durham.com

Resumé

Priorities

  • Addressing income disparities for City employees
  • Housing affordability
  • Address the concerns and sufficient compensation of our first responders
  • Support the use of renewable energy sources
  • Increase energy efficiency in city buildings and in homes
  • Evaluate and make improvements to waste management and recycling
  • Prioritize the basic needs of people and address root causes of crime
  • Work with our regional partners, state, and federal government to establish a regional bus rapid transit network
  • Address staffing shortages in the police department
  • Offer money from the $95 million housing bond to landlords to bring housing up to code

Javiera Caballero

Javierafordurham.com

Priorities

  • Good paying jobs
  • Good schools
  • A clear plan for how we will combat climate change
  • Affordable housing
  • Safe and accessible bike infrastructure and pedestrian infrastructure
  • Race equity and equitable services for immigrants and refugees
  • Help small scale landlords pay for repairs if they commit to keeping their units affordable

J.J. Campbell

Resumé

Priorities

  • Ranked choice voting
  • Bike paths
  • Improve green spaces
  • Free school lunch for all

Waldo Fenner

Retired

Priorities

  • Renovate old facilities to create affordable housing
  • Gun violence
  • Reduce gangs
  • Small business opportunities

Bonita Green

bonitagreenfordurham.com/

Priorities

  • Smart development
  • Public safety
  • Environmental stewardship

Monique Holsey-Hyman

candidatedrmoniqueholseyhyman.com

Resumé

Current City Council member

Priorities

  • Ensure that the people of this City have access to high-quality living, employment, and recreational opportunities
  • Youth mentoring programs
  • Improve green spaces in underprivileged neighborhoods and fund water quality initiatives
  • implementing bus rapid transit and building a 37-mile commuter rail system
  • More staff for our police department

Shelia Ann Huggins

votesheliahuggins.com

Priorities

  • Aligning employment opportunities with housing opportunities
  • Job training programs
  • Funding for crime prevention efforts, training efforts, and any departmental programs that reduce crime
  • Support projects that impact poverty and help people obtain jobs
  • Current infrastructure capacity and the need for additional infrastructure

Khalilah Karim

khalilahfordurham.com

Resumé

Priorities

  • Policies that bring transparency and accessibility to the zoning and development process
  • Focus on mental health
  • Housing development and environmental sustainability
  • Make Durham 80% sustainable by 2030 and 100% by 2050
  • More collaboration between City Council members and developers
  • Sustainable, affordable, multi-modal transportation is a critical need for our community
  • A fair and living wage for all city employees
  • Raise taxes in a way that ensures equity for marginalized communities
  • Incentivize landlords to keep housing in good condition and affordable

Carl Rist

carlfordurham.com

Resumé

Priorities

  • Living wage jobs and wealth-building
  • High-quality public services
  • Safe affordable housing
  • Healthy parks and open spaces
  • Community safety
  • Climate justice/environmental justice
  • Transitioning City buildings and fleet to zero emissions
  • Make Durham a fully bilingual city in English and Spanish
  • Broader services for non-citizens
  • Provide basic income for all returning citizens on an ongoing basis
  • Safe and affordable housing
  • Prioritize rezonings that help meet the City’s affordable housing goals

Sherri Zann Rosenthal

szrforcouncil.com

Priorities

  • A budget that resists raising taxes
  • Paying our workers appropriately
  • Consistent, coherent planning to avoid the sorts of climate disasters that have befallen other communities
  • Fix the 911 Center
  • Disrupt the predatory low end of the private rental market
  • Youth programming and vocational training
  • Better pay for our firefighters

Renee J. Vaughan

Priorities

  • Affordable housing
  • equity and inclusion
  • Criminal justice

Sources

cbs17.com

durhamforall.org

peoplesalliancepac.org

axios.com

dukechronicle.com


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