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Robert “Champ” Champion Claris
At-large contender
Age: 31
Address: 1328 Palace Garden Way
Hometown: Born in Chapel Hill, grew up in Wilmington. How long Have you lived in Raleigh? Eleven years
What brought you to Raleigh? To be at N.C. State. I came to join the Wolfpack.
Mary-Ann Baldwin
At-large incumbent
Age: 52
Address: 614 Capital Boulevard
Hometown: Pawtucket, Rhode Island
How long Have you lived in Raleigh? Twenty-one years
What brought you to Raleigh? My ex-husband. We moved down here from New York, his sister lived here. It was the place we wanted to be.
John Rodger Koopman
District B incumbent
Age: 49
Address: 2214 The Circle
Hometown: Born in Willemstad Curacao, part of the Netherland Antilles and grew up in The Hague. How long Have you lived in Raleigh? Five years
What brought you to Raleigh? I belonged to a small startup software company in Alameda California, which was acquired by another company, Itron. As part of that acquisition they needed someone to re-organize their Raleigh office.
Mark William Enloe
Mayoral challenger
Age: 46
Address: 709-C Daniels Street
Hometown: Raleigh
How long Have you lived in Raleigh? I was born in ’62 in Pinehurst, but then we immediately moved here (to Raleigh). When I was in sixth grade, we moved back down to Moore County and I went to high school down there at North Moore. And then came back to Raleigh and attended N.C. State. I graduated from State with a B.S. in computer science, so I’ve been working in the area since 1987.
Charles “Chuck” John Reisinger
District C challenger
Age: 34
Address: 716 Brighton Road
Hometown: Waterloo, Iowa is where I was born and then I moved to Durham at age 10. How long Have you lived in Raleigh? About 6 years. I lived Durham, Elizabeth City, and then Durham, then to Raleigh. What brought you to Raleigh?
Theodore “Ted” Nicholas Van Dyk
District D challenger
Age: 48
Address: 217 Hawthorne Street
Hometown: Washington D.C.
How long Have you lived in Raleigh? Twenty-five years. What brought you to Raleigh? Graduate school at NC State. I got a Master’s Degree in Industrial Design there.
Gregg Steven Kunz
Mayoral challenger
Age: 48
Address: 800 Glenwood Avenue
Hometown: I was a corporate brat and I’ve lived in 14 different places. I was born in Burbank, California. I call London home. I moved to England when I was 12 and moved back to the states when I was 17. How long Have you lived in Raleigh?
Waheed Haq
District E challenger
Age: 52
Address: 4109 Henry J Menninger Wynd
Hometown: Islamabad, Pakistan
How long Have you lived in Raleigh? Twenty-five years
What brought you to Raleigh? A masters degree program in nuclear engineering at N.C. State University. In two to three sentences, please share something that you believe the City of Raleigh does well. We are really good at providing an educational environment, a business environment and raising the family, because our per capita rate of college graduates is much better then entire state of North Carolina, so this is a much better place to have a business, family and work environment.
Bonner Gardner Gaylord
District E challenger
Age: 31
Address: 3710 Rolston Drive
Hometown: Raleigh
How long Have you lived in Raleigh? Basically my whole life, except for college at UNC. What brought you to Raleigh? I found work here after college. In two to three sentences, please share something that you believe the City of Raleigh does well.
James Preston West
District C incumbent
Age: 65
Address: 2401 Sanderford Road
Hometown: Harrells, NC, in the lower part of Sampson Co. How long Have you lived in Raleigh? Forty years
What brought you to Raleigh? A job. I was with the Cooperative Extension Service; I was a horticultural agent in Wake County.
