Yard signs have started to go up in anticipation of Raleigh’s October 6 city election. The mayoral and all city council seats are up for grabs this year. Raleigh Public Record contributor Chrystal Bartlett sat down with each of the candidates and asked them the same set of questions.
Nancy Louise McFarlane
District A incumbent
Age: 52
Address: 8016 Selfridge Court
Hometown: Born in Washington DC, grew up in Falls Church and in Arlington, Virginia.
How long Have you lived in Raleigh?
Twenty-five years
What brought you to Raleigh?
A job change. Actually, my husband was changing jobs. He was transferred. We had the options of Chicago, Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Raleigh [...]
Charles Carpenter Meeker
Mayoral incumbent
Age: 59
Address: 324 South Boylan Avenue
Hometown: I was born in Washington DC in 1950.
How long Have you lived in Raleigh?
I’ve lived here full-time since the summer of 1975, after I finished law school. I was here with summer jobs in 1970, 1972 and 1974. I didn’t live here full time until the [...]
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.
In two to three sentences, please share something that you believe the City of Raleigh does well.
I [...]
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. We moved down here without jobs, but the reason why we moved here was [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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?
Just moving with friends. I had a [...]
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.
In two to three sentences, please share something that you believe the City of Raleigh does well.
I think the [...]
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?
Ten years
What [...]
