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Mark Enloe

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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.

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Chuck Reisinger

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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?

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Ted Van Dyk

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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.

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Gregg Kunz

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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?

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Waheed Haq

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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.

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Bonner Gaylord

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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.

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James West

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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.

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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.