Orange County Dems Select Rani Dasi as Bedford Successor, Next Permanent District 1 Commissioner
The executive committee members of the local Democratic party picked Rani Dasi out of a group of six applicants to the District 1 seat.
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Who Will Orange County Democrats Choose to Replace Jamezetta Bedford? Here Are The Candidates
The six candidates who applied to fill the District 1 seat shared their responses to the Orange County Democratic Party’s questions.
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Rani Dasi Seeks Seat of Late Orange County Commissioner Jamezetta Bedford
Rani Dasi, a current member of the CHCCS board, announced her intention to fill the vacant seat left by the late Jamezetta Bedford.
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How Will Orange County Fill Bedford’s Vacant Seat? Two Groups Will Decide
As Jamezetta Bedford’s peers continue to process her death, they also have decisions to make on who will fill her vacant District 1 seat.
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Bedford, Stegman Projected to Win Orange County Commissioner Seats; Bronson Leads Tight District 2 Race
Karen Stegman won the Democratic primary for the open at-large seat on the Orange County Board of...
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2026 Candidate Introductions: Democratic Primaries for the Orange County Board of Commissioners
After only one of the 2024 races for the Orange County Board of Commissioners was contested in the primary cycle, all three have competition this year.
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Former Town Councilor, Pastor María Palmer Details Orange County Commissioner Campaign
María Palmer’s campaign for a District 1 Orange County Commissioner seat is built around championing equity and improving affordability.
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Top Stories of 2025: In Orange County, An Anticlimactic Election
The municipal election was always going to be one of the top stories of 2025 in Chapel Hill – though this year’s race was unusually quiet.
Read MoreMarch 22, 2019: Gerrymandering At The Supreme Court
Chapel Hill resident and former Town Council member Maria Palmer is a plaintiff in Rucho v. Common Cause, the partisan-gerrymandering case that’s being heard by the Supreme Court next week.
Read MoreSynthetic Turf Causes Community Concerns
In June, the Chapel Hill Town Council agreed to move forward with new synthetic turf for the Homestead Park soccer field. But since that decision, community members have expressed concerns about dangerous carcinogens in the...
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