Candidate Intros: Town of Chapel Hill Town Council (4 Seats) and Mayor

Chapel Hill Mayor Jess Anderson will run for a second term this summer and fall, as she announced Thursday on 97.9 The Hill.

Tuesday marks Election Day for municipal races across North Carolina. Polls opened at 6:30 a.m. in the state and will close at 7:30 p.m.

Town Council Member Jessica Anderson entered the election for Chapel Hill Mayor, setting up a race between two sitting town council members.

UNC senior Tai Huynh held a 24-vote lead over incumbent Nancy Oates in the race for the final Chapel Hill Town Council seat up for election after a recount was conducted in Orange and Durham counties on Thursday. Huynh held the lead after Election Night and the certification process, but Oates requested the recount shortly […]

The final certified numbers submitted to state officials on Friday move the race back to a 24-vote margin with Tai Huynh leading incumbent Nancy Oates for the final seat on the Chapel Hill Town Council. During a hand-to-eye count conducted on Thursday night, one ballot was found that had Tai Huynh as a write-in […]

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 […]

Chapel Hill’s Town Council discussed the expectations and competencies officials will be looking for when selecting a new town manager at Wednesday night’s meeting. Current town manager Roger Stancil announced in November that he will retire in the fall of this year after 12 years of service. President and founder of Developmental Associates Stephen Straus […]

At WCHL, we are working to introduce you to candidates for the upcoming local elections. Four seats are up for election to the Chapel Hill Town Council. Two new faces are guaranteed to be elected with incumbents George Cianciolo and Sally Greene choosing not to run for re-election. The town council candidate introductions are listed […]

Before moving to Chapel Hill 38 years ago, I was a newspaper reporter in south Florida. Have you driven there lately? The weather is still great, but the beauty is harder to find.  Over-development squashed it years ago. But, I learned a lot as a covered the deliberations of those city leaders who struggled to […]

Municipal races will be over in less than a month, and candidates in Carrboro are taking the opportunity to urge voters to make their voice heard. While most eyes in local politics are focusing on the races for Chapel Hill Mayor and Town Council as well as the Chapel Hill – Carrboro City School Board, […]