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Election filings slow in first week

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Staff

By Kirk Ross
Staff Writer

Carrboro Board of Aldermen members Jacquie Gist and Randee Haven-O’Donnell joined newcomer Sammy Slade on the list of candidates for three seats up in this year’s election.

But that’s the only race to have at least one candidate per available office, as filing for elections in municipal and school board races got off to a slow start.

Gist is serving her fifth term on the board and O’Donnell is finishing up her first. Incumbent John Herrera opted not to seek re-election.

No one has signed on to the Carrboro mayor’s race, although incumbent Mark Chilton is expected to run again.

In Chapel Hill, only Augustus Cho has made the official trip to Hillsborough to file for the mayor’s race. He is expected to be joined on the ballot by council members Mark Kleinschmidt and Matt Czajkowski, who publicly announced their intentions last month.

So far, Penny Rich is the only candidate to file for Chapel Hill Town Council.

In Hillsborough races, Mayor Tom Stevens has filed to run for a second term and councilor Mike Gering, a two-term member of the town board, has filed to run again.

So far, two candidates have filed to run for three seats on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education.

Michelle Brownstein, a health columnist and former surgeon with four children in the district’s schools, filed Monday. She was joined in the race Wednesday by Gary Wallach, who ran unsuccessfully for the board in 2007.

Also expected to run is Gregory McElveen, who was appointed to fill out the term of Pam Hemminger after she was elected last year to the Orange County Board of Commissioners.

School board chair Lisa Stuckey and board member Jean Hamilton have indicated they will not seek re-election.

In Pittsboro races, Mayor Randy Voller has filed for re-election. He’ll face challenger William Crawford, who filed on Wednesday.

Candidates have until noon on Friday, July 17 to sign-up to run for town offices and school board races. The Orange County Board of Elections website will keep track of candidates as they file at co.orange.nc.us/elect/2009CandidateFilings.asp

Election notes:

• Carol Ann Zinn, who had a recent heated battle with the town over the proposed Ayden Court condominiums, has joined fellow developers Phil Post and Bruce Ballentine to form Citizens for Responsible Government, which hopes to play a “significant role” in the Chapel Hill elections. A release from the group says it currently has about 20 members and has staked out a number of positions on economic development, commercial growth, downtown improvements and fiscal responsibility on its website at cfrgch.org.

1 thought on “Election filings slow in first week”

  1. John Kramer PE says:
    July 9, 2009 at 5:04 pm

    I hope that Orange County does not lose the applications for elected office, like they seem to have done with my appeal of my tax valuation!

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