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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
