Early voting has begun in this year’s municipal elections, with closely contested races in all three Orange County towns and three seats up for grabs on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School Board.

As part of the campaign, numerous local organizations and media outlets have weighed in with endorsements – including NEXT Chapel Hill-Carrboro, the Chapel Hill Alliance for a Livable Town (CHALT), the Orange/Chatham Sierra Club, the Progressive Democrats of Orange County, the Campaign for Racial Equity in Our Schools, the Northside Breakfast Club, the Indy Week, the Daily Tar Heel, and two LGBTQ rights organizations, Equality NC and the LGBTQ Victory Fund.

Which Orange County candidates are receiving which endorsements?

97.9 The Hill and Chapelboro.com have been tracking endorsements as they’ve come in. Read the full list of endorsements below.

CHAPEL HILL MAYOR

Pam Hemminger (inc.): NEXT, Sierra Club, Indy Week, Progressive Dems, Daily Tar Heel, News & Observer, Equality NC, Breakfast Club

Hongbin Gu: CHALT

(Pam Hemminger also received a joint endorsement from five sitting Town Council members, and another joint endorsement from a group of downtown business owners called the West End Merchants.)

CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL (4 open seats)

Karen Stegman (inc.): NEXT, Sierra Club, Indy Week, Progressive Dems, Daily Tar Heel, News & Observer, Equality NC, LGBTQ Victory Fund, Breakfast Club

Paris Miller-Foushee: NEXT, Sierra Club, Indy Week, Progressive Dems, Daily Tar Heel, News & Observer, Equality NC, Breakfast Club

Camille Berry: NEXT, Indy Week, Progressive Dems, Daily Tar Heel, News & Observer, Breakfast Club

Adam Searing: CHALT, Sierra Club, News & Observer

Vimala Rajendran: CHALT, Sierra Club, Breakfast Club

CARRBORO MAYOR

Damon Seils: NEXT, Sierra Club, Indy Week, Progressive Dems, Daily Tar Heel, Equality NC, LGBTQ Victory Fund, Breakfast Club

CARRBORO TOWN COUNCIL (3 open seats)

Barbara Foushee (inc.): NEXT, Sierra Club, Indy Week, Progressive Dems, Daily Tar Heel, Equality NC, Breakfast Club

Danny Nowell: NEXT, Sierra Club, Indy Week, Daily Tar Heel, Progressive Dems

Randee Haven-O’Donnell (inc.): Sierra Club, Daily Tar Heel, Equality NC, Breakfast Club

Jacquelyn Gist (inc.): Sierra Club, Equality NC

(The Sierra Club endorsed four candidates for Carrboro Town Council, even though there are only three open seats.)

HILLSBOROUGH MAYOR

Jenn Weaver (inc.): Sierra Club, Indy Week, Progressive Dems, Equality NC

(Jenn Weaver is running unopposed for reelection.)

HILLSBOROUGH BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS (2 open seats)

Kathleen Ferguson (inc.): Indy Week, Progressive Dems, Sierra Club

Robb English (inc.): Indy Week, Progressive Dems, Sierra Club

CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO CITY SCHOOL BOARD (3 open seats)

George Griffin: Indy Week, Progressive Dems, Campaign for Racial Equity, Daily Tar Heel, Equality NC

Riza Jenkins: Indy Week, Progressive Dems, Campaign for Racial Equity, Daily Tar Heel, Breakfast Club

Mike Sharp: Indy Week, Progressive Dems, Campaign for Racial Equity, Daily Tar Heel

(NEXT Chapel Hill-Carrboro also singled out Griffin, Jenkins, and Sharp for praise, though the organization did not make official endorsements in this race.)

 

Photo via AP Photo/Wong Maye-E.

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