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Despite opposition from some prominent Democrats in Raleigh, the Wake County Democratic Party this week announced its support for nonpartisan local elections this fall, including the Raleigh City Council race, in which several Democrats are running.
The party’s 11-member executive committee endorsed several incumbent candidates and also some newcomers over candidates it had supported for 2022, including for mayor and in District A. While the party did not provide any justification for its selection, it published on its website the candidates’ responses to a questionnaire it sent to all of them.
Earlier this month, a group of Democrats and former elected officials sent a letter to party Chairman Kevyn Creech and Executive Director Wesley Knott urging the party not to endorse among Democrats in local elections. They pointed out that the party’s 2022 endorsements had “created many divisions within the Democratic Party” and feared that endorsements this election cycle could further divide Democrats in Raleigh and Wake in an election year when it is important for Democrats to remain united.
Creech defended the party’s decision to provide support, saying that the party has been providing support in local elections since 2011 and that this support “gives people without great connections and money a chance to run.”
Separately, the local party’s Jewish faction had concerns about Raleigh Council members Mary Black in Ward A and Christina Jones in Ward E and their advocacy for a ceasefire in Gaza during their terms in office. The faction members had also asked the party not to endorse City Council elections this election cycle.
Happy Thursday.
—Jane
Editor’s note: Story we published last month about the real estate management software company RealPage, which is being investigated by the North Carolina Attorney General and the U.S. Department of Justice for alleged antitrust violations, was significantly edited to remove references to a report by the Triangle affiliate of the Democratic Socialists of America. The DSA retracted its report and published its own statement.
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The weather today
Mostly clear with highs of 82 degrees.
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