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Corey Branch currently works as a Senior Technical Director at North Carolina A&T State University, is a board member for Wake Up! Wake County and a member of the Raleigh Transit Authority. He is running as a challenger in District C.
Eugene Weeks is a retired member of the United States Air Force who went on to work as an educator at Broughton High School from 1981-2000. Prior to joining the city council in 2010, Weeks was the Chairman of the City of Raleigh Human Relations Commission and chair of the city’s Recreation, Parks and Greenways Commission. He is seeking re-election in District C.
Of the 1,047 times a vote has come before city council since January 2014, there were only 95 instances in which the vote was not unanimous.
Sitting councilors recused themselves due to conflict of interest less than 10 percent of the time since January 2014, an analysis of meeting minute archives shows.
Record reporter Chris Tepedino dove into the campaign finance reports of all sitting councilors to see where the bulk of their donations were coming from, and he found a few surprises.
With the election just a few weeks away, we decided to take a look at the Twitter presence of Raleigh’s candidates for mayor and city council.
Our 2015 Voter Election Guide is here! Come in and check out interviews with the candidates for Raleigh City Council and Mayor and read up on some of the major issues facing the city today.
Ashton Smith currently works at Citrix in downtown Raleigh. She is the board chair for the Friends of the City of Raleigh Museum, serves on the board of the Downtown Housing Improvement Corporation and volunteers her time with a number of other local nonprofits, including the Downtown Raleigh Alliance and the Urban Land Institute. She is currently running as the challenger in District D.
DeAntony Collins is the general president at the consulting and training firm Association of the Aces, and prior to that worked as a teacher and marketing ambassador for Bright Horizons. and was a nominee for Raleigh’s 2015 Human Relations Award. Collins is running as a challenger in District E.
Bonner Gaylord works for local developer Kane Realty, where he currently serves as the general manager of North Hills. He was first elected to City Council in District E in 2009. He serves on the Comprehensive Planning Committee, and was the Inaugural Chair for the Technology and Communication Committee. He is running as the incumbent in District E.
