Schwartz, Samuels Throw Their Hats In The Ring

There’s another candidate in the race for Chapel Hill Town Council: David Alan Schwartz filed to run for office on Monday.

Schwartz has been recently active with the group Chapel Hill Alliance for a Livable Town, or CHALT. He’s the sixth candidate to file to run for Town Council – joining Michael Parker, Paul Neebe, Nancy Oates, Jessica Anderson, and incumbent Lee Storrow.

There are four seats up for election on the Council this year – one of which is vacant, following Matt Czajkowski’s departure earlier this year. In addition to Storrow, the other two incumbents are Donna Bell and Jim Ward; they haven’t announced their intentions publicly yet.

Elsewhere, there are now four candidates in the race for a seat on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools board.

The terms of Mike Kelley, Jamezetta Bedford, Annetta Streater and David Saussy expire this fall. To date, Streater is the only incumbent who’s filed to run for re-election.

The challengers are Rani Dasi, Theresa Watson, and now Margaret Samuels. Samuels is president of OE Enterprises, which provides job training services for people with disabilities.

Dasi is a business analysis manager at Lord Corporation, as well as a board member for The Walking Classroom.

Theresa Watson has worked for years as a youth mentor. She ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the Carrboro Board of Aldermen in May 2014.

See the full list of candidates in Orange County.

The filing period continues through Friday for those seeking office on the Chapel Hill Town Council, Carrboro Board of Aldermen, Hillsborough Town Board and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School Board.

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Chapel Hill Town Council Race Finalized After Recount

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 […]

Recount Requested in Race for Chapel Hill Town Council

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 […]

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

Hear from the candidates running for Town of Chapel Hill Town Council: Jessica Anderson: https://chapelboroaudio.s3.amazonaws.com/2019/CANDIDATE%20INTROS/Anderson_FINAL.mp3 Sue Hunter: https://chapelboroaudio.s3.amazonaws.com/2019/CANDIDATE%20INTROS/Hunter_FINAL.mp3 Tai Huynh: https://chapelboroaudio.s3.amazonaws.com/2019/CANDIDATE%20INTROS/Huynh_FINAL.mp3 Nancy Oates: https://chapelboroaudio.s3.amazonaws.com/2019/CANDIDATE%20INTROS/Oates_FINAL.mp3 Michael Parker: https://chapelboroaudio.s3.amazonaws.com/2019/CANDIDATE%20INTROS/Parker_FINAL.mp3 Amy Ryan: https://chapelboroaudio.s3.amazonaws.com/2019/CANDIDATE%20INTROS/Ryan_FINAL.mp3 Renuka Soll: https://chapelboroaudio.s3.amazonaws.com/2019/CANDIDATE%20INTROS/Soll_FINAL.mp3 Hear from the candidates running for Town of Chapel Hill Mayor: Pam Hemminger: https://chapelboroaudio.s3.amazonaws.com/2019/CANDIDATE%20INTROS/Hemminger_FINAL.mp3 Joshua Levenson: https://chapelboroaudio.s3.amazonaws.com/2019/CANDIDATE%20INTROS/Levenson_FINAL.mp3

Get to Know Candidates for Chapel Hill Town Council

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 […]

Town Council Candidates Weigh in on Affordability

How can Chapel Hill stay affordable? (Or become affordable?) The seven Town Council candidates weighed in last week.

Endorsements Rolling In For OC Candidates

For Chapel Hill Town Council, CHALT rejected the incumbents and the Sierra Club found only three candidates to endorse.

Denial of the Fourth Circuit Appeal to the 2013 Reform Law Causes Concern

The denial of the Fourth Circuit appeal to the 2013 Reform Law, also known as the Voter ID Bill, has created some concerns for what voters should expect at the polls in November. The new regulations block Voter ID and reinstates preregistration, a week of early voting, same-day registration and out-of-precinct provisional voting. The voter […]

5 to 4 Votes Are Healthy For Chapel Hill

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 […]

Ballots Crowding Up In Chapel Hill, Hillsborough

Two more candidates for Chapel Hill Town Council; one more for Hillsborough Town Commissioner.

Schwartz, Samuels Throw Their Hats In The Ring

The 2015 election ballot is getting more crowded by the day.

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