INDY Week Releases Endorsements for Local Elections

The alternative weekly newspaper INDY Week released their endorsements for the Orange County municipal elections on Tuesday evening.

In the Chapel Hill mayoral race, the paper endorsed mayoral candidate and incumbent Pam Hemminger, citing her work securing the affordable housing bond in 2018 and her prioritization of combating climate change as main reasons it is supporting her.

For the Chapel Hill town council race, INDY Week endorsed candidates Jessica Anderson, Sue Hunter, Tai Huynh, and Michael Parker. It said its support for Anderson and Parker, two incumbents in the race, stems from Parker’s stances on housing and transit and Anderson’s background as a policy analyst. Hunter earned INDY Week’s endorsement thanks to her stance on climate change and her endorsements from progressive groups, while Huynh’s perspective as an entrepreneur and UNC student interests the paper.

The candidates in Carrboro’s Board of Aldermen race who received INDY Week endorsements are Susan Romaine, Damon Seils and Sammy Slade. The paper said they support incumbents Seils and Slade based off their track-records on the board, while endorsing Romaine thanks to her work with the hunger relief organization PORCH and the Orange County Living Wage Project.

While Carrboro mayor Lydia Lavelle is running unopposed, the newspaper voiced its support for her and her policies.

In Hillsborough’s Board of Commissioners race, INDY Week endorsed the three incumbent candidates running: Mark Bell, Matt Hughes and Evelyn Lloyd. While she is running unopposed, the newspaper also endorsed commissioner Jenn Weaver to be Hillsborough’s mayor and voiced its support of her housing and sustainability policies.

INDY Week is the most recent local organization to endorse candidates in local municipal races. More coverage on each of the candidates and endorsements they have received can be found in the Elections tab.

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INDY Week Releases Endorsements for Local Elections

The alternative weekly newspaper INDY Week released their endorsements for the Orange County municipal elections on Tuesday evening. In the Chapel Hill mayoral race, the paper endorsed mayoral candidate and incumbent Pam Hemminger, citing her work securing the affordable housing bond in 2018 and her prioritization of combating climate change as main reasons it is […]

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