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Larry Hudson

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Larry Dean Hudson
Mayoral challenger
Age: 30
Address: 5537 Roan Mountain Place
Hometown: Lincolnton, NC
How long Have you lived in Raleigh? Nine years

What brought you to Raleigh? Looking for work

In two to three sentences, please share something that you believe the City of Raleigh does well. I really do think that the city has really done a great job in presenting downtown and redeveloping downtown and making the city’s heart a great destination for Raleigh’s youth or younger adults and also its citizens. In two to three sentences, please share one thing that you believe the City of Raleigh could improve upon or change.

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Jerome Goldberg

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John Hubert Odom
District D challenger
Age: 60
Address: 2721-A Avent Ferry Road
Hometown: Manhattan, NY

How long Have you lived in Raleigh? Thirteen or 14 years

What brought you to Raleigh? My wife was moved by IBM. In two to three sentences, please share something that you believe the City of Raleigh does well. I think that their initiative as far as downtown and the development downtown, I think they’re doing well with that.

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John Odom

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John Hubert Odom
District B challenger
Age: 62
Address: 4325 Kilcullen Drive
Hometown: Wagram, Scotland Co. How long Have you lived in Raleigh? Thirty-eight years

What brought you to Raleigh? My wife took a job at Cameron Brown, so I had to come to Raleigh if I wanted to stay married. In two to three sentences, please share something that you believe the City of Raleigh does well.

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Thomas Crowder

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Thomas Garett Crowder
District D incumbent
Age: 53
Address: 1409 Ashburton Road
Hometown: Raleigh

How long Have you lived in Raleigh? Fifty-three years

What brought you to Raleigh? I was born here. In two to three sentences, please share something that you believe the City of Raleigh does well. I think Raleigh does a pretty good of trying to provide empowering to its citizens through the CACs (Citizen Advisory Councils).

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Bill Shakespeare

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William “Bill” Shakespeare
At-large contender
Age: 49
Address: 2514 Clark Avenue
Hometown: I was born in Washington D.C. After seven months I moved to Winston-Salem, but I consider Raleigh my hometown. I went to Ravenscroft. How long Have you lived in Raleigh? Thirty-nine years

What brought you to Raleigh? My dad bought in some land over by Corporation Parkway.

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Russ Stephenson

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Russell G. Stephenson
At-large incumbent
Age: 53
Address: 213 Oberlin Road
Hometown: I was born in West Point, New York. I grew up as an Army brat. My mother’s hometown is Raleigh and I live in my grandmother’s house. So I grew up moving all around the country and Europe, but every once in a while we would come back and visit my grandparents. How long Have you lived in Raleigh?

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Lee Sartain

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Ricky Lee Sartain
At-large contender
Age: 28
Address: 3010 Walnut Creek Parkway
Hometown: I was born in Tennessee, but I’ve lived in North Carolina since I was eight. I grew up around Lake Norman, north of Charlotte, so that is where I consider home. How long Have you lived in Raleigh? Ten years

What brought you to Raleigh? School.