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Senate District 23 Elected Officials, Civic Leaders, and Community Members

Leo Allison

N. Orange County Black Voters Alliance

Jess Anderson

Chapel Hill Mayor

Meredith Ballew

Member, CHCCS Board of Education

Katie Burkholder

Mebane City Councilmember

Charles Burnham

Chair, Efland Precinct

Karen Bronson

Patterson Precinct Leader

Wayne Brooks

Person Dems 1st Vice Chair

Rev. Robert Campbell

Rogers Rd/Orange Co. Community Leader

Mark Chilton

Orange County Register of Deeds

Lorie L. Clark

Blue Ribbon Mentorship Program

Kendra Coggins

Roxboro City Council Member

Christian DeJesus

Fmr Colonial Heights Precinct Vice Chair

Alex de Saint Phalle

Orange Co Colonial Heights Precinct Chair

Anson Dorrance

Retired UNC Womens Soccer Coach

Robb English

Hillsborough Commissioner

Gabe Everhart

Weaver Dairy Precinct Vice Chair

Sean Ewing

Mebane City Councilmember

Michael Fath

CD4 Executive Committee Member

John Ferguson

Northern Orange County Democratic Leader; Former NCAE Organizer

William Ferris

Joel R. Williamson Eminent Professor of History Emeritus

Alvin Foster

Mayor of Yanceyville

Jacquelyn Gist

Fmr 8-Term Member, Carrboro Town Council

Lucy Gorham

Carrboro Precinct Vice Chair

George Griffin

Member, CHCCS Board of Education

Joe Hackney

Former Speaker of the NC House

Charles Harvey

Fmr Person Dems Chair; Community College Leader

Jacquelyn Hall

Professor Emerita, UNC Chapel Hill

Jeff Hall

Former CHCCS PTA Council President

Ann Harrawood

CHCCS Educator

Vicki Hill

Caldwell Precinct Vice Chair

Randee Haven-O’Donnell

Former Member, Carrboro Town Council

Pam Hemminger

Former Chapel Hill Mayor

Dorothy Jeffreys

Caswell County Dem Leader, AME Member

Lisa Kaylie

President, Orange County Dem Women

Zoey Kernodle

Director, UNC Center for the Business of Health and Assistant Research Professor

Heiderose Kober

Orange Grove Precinct Co-Chair

Ellie Kinnaird

Former State Senator, SD 23

David Kirchgessner

Retired EPA, ORD Research Scientist

Gracie Kirchgessner

Chair St. John precinct

Peter Leone

Professor of Medicine UNC

Susan Lindsay

Team Up NC Canvass Director

Anna Lynch

Board President, OC Rape Crisis Center

Allison Mahaley

Hillsborough Community Leader

​Anissa McLendon

Orange County Educator

Nina Morley Daye

Hillsborough North Precinct Chair

Diane Ong

2021 President, UNC Young Democrats

Thomas O’Shea

East Franklin Precinct Chair

Leigh Osofsky

Professor of Law, UNC School of Law

Benita Purcell

Former Chair, Person County Democrats

Anna Richards

Former Orange County Commissioner

Louie Rivers III

Member, Chapel Hill Town Council

Alice Robinson

Leader of Caswell County Outreach Ministry; Retired Educator

Tremaine Royster

N. Orange Civil Rights Leader

Beverly Stokes

President, United Voices of Efland Cheeks

Anita Thompson

President, Orange County Democratic Party African-American Caucus

Edmund Tiryakian

Former Chair, Caldwell Precinct

Alice Toler

Person County Dem Leader

Sarah Turner

Dogwood Acres Vice Precinct Chair

Cathy Vinski

PerSisters Organizer

Megan Wagner

2022 President, UNC Young Democrats

Rosemary Waldorf

Former Mayor, Chapel Hill

Charles Webb

Former NC Legislator

Theodore White

2023 President, UNC Young Democrats

James E. Williams Jr.

Former Chief Public Defender, Legal Activist

Erskine Alvis

Robin Bedingfield

Sarah Blake

Joy Blevins

Kelly Bodie

Jeannine Borzello

David Bright

Chad Bryant

Terri Buckner

Virginia Carson

Lynn Carswell

Keith Cartwright

Alan Cavallaro

Jane Clunie, Ph.D.

Philip Conoly

Dr. Robert Conrad

James W. Crow, Ph.D.

Karen Curtin

Dr. Marsha Davenport

Sanji Datar

Lisa Dendy

Robbie Dircks

Lori Doherty

Marla Dunham

Hart Edmonds

Laura Edwards

Maxine Eichner

Mr. Martin Feinstein

Dr. William Ferris

Hans Flinch

Janet Flowers

Karen Fowler

Josh Garcia, MD

Isabel Geffner

Mindy Gellin

Devin Gilgor

Sue Goodman

Lucy Gorham

Susan Green

Wendy Greene

Margaret Griffin

Michael Grove

W Peter Guzzardi

Perry Haaland

Betsy Hackney

Frieda Harrington

Cooper Harris

​Lynden Harris

Emily Hecker

Ms Rachel Heller

Frances Henderson

Joshua Herman

Andy Hinson

Carol Holcomb

Joan Holland

Patti Holland

Dr. Shaina Holman

Fredrick Homan

Tina Hopkins

Keith Houck, PhD

Susan Houser

Charles Humble

Millie Hunter

Carolyn Ikenberry

Martin Johnson

Dr Richard Johnson

Christy Jones

Allegra Jordan

​Alice Andrews Joyce

Nina Kamberos

Meryl Kanfer

Samantha Kaplan

Sheila Kerrigan

Amy Kenyon

Dr Carol Klein

Joan Krause

Kimberly Kylstra, MD

David LaBarre

Debra Lampley

Ms. Paula LaPoint

Terri Lorant

Livy Ludington

Phillip Lyons

Karen Macklin

Michael Macklin

Dr. Alice Maniloff

Dr. Killian Manning

Marlee Margulies

Ms. Karen McCall

Marc McCook

Laurie McDaniel

Ronald McDaniel

Ruth Merkle

Theresa Merritt-Watson

Mary Metcalf

Meg Millard

Janie Morris

Robin Mullis

Kathleen Murray, LCSW

Kathy Murray

Lee Nackman

Robert Newton

Nan Nixon

Melva Okun

Mary Norris Oglesby

Matthew Palombi

Stewart Parker

Kris Parks

Larry Parrish

Dr. Lars Perlmutt

Kim Piracci

Mr Barry Popkin

Sarah Poulton

Jane Preyer

Laura Raffield

Tracy Raines

Rajeev Rajendran

Vimala Rajendran

Nancy Rosebaugh

Jen Sanders

Erin Schwie Langston

Alyson Scoltock

Scottie Seawell

Linda Seligman

Jayse Sessi

Pat Shane

Andrew Short

Sallie Shuping-Russell

Kay Singer

Bess Smith

Kenneth Smith

Perry Smith

Travis Smith

Ellen Stolzman

Lynda Stone

Andrea Stoney

Cay Stratton

Michael Sullivan

Dennis Swartzlander

Anjanet Thomas

Hérica Valladares

Jennifer Van Vickle

Andrea Vizoso

Jermaine Wallace

Anna Waller

Stella Waugh

Buffie Webber

Emily Eve Weinstein

Anne West, MD

​Charlotte White

Bill Zelman

Janet Zelman

Caryn Zoffer

William Zoffer, J.D.

North Carolina Elected Officials, Civic Leaders, and Community Members

Merrie Aiken

Haw River Precinct Chair, SEC Member

Shelley Allen

Chair, Brunswick County Democratic Party

Doug Auer

Congressional District 10 Chair

Matt Aycock

President, LGBTQ+ Dems of NC

Kelly Ayscue

Pitt County SEC Member

Monique Baker

Moore County Democratic Party Chair

Betsy Baste

Macon County Democratic Party Chair

Gini Bell

Chatham County Planning Board Member

Jonathan Bing

Former NY State Representative

Emily Bish

Chair, Watauga Democratic Party

Mary Wills Bode

Former NC State Senator

Janet (Jann) Boggs

Former Precinct Chair, Alleghany County

Anna Caldwell

McDowell County Democrats

Todd Carter

Mayor Pro Tem, Town of Boone

Rep. Bryan Cohn

Member, NC House of Representatives

Miles Daavis

Dem nominee, Bertie County Commissioner

Jeanne Doom

Chair, Davidson County Democratic Party

Elaine Edmonston

Pitt County Democratic Party 2nd Vice Chair

Sam Edney

Former Chair, Transylvania Democratic Party

Viola Figueroa

County Chair & Veterans and Military Families Caucus-NCDP 2nd VC

Eddie Gouge

Chair, Mitchell County Democratic Party

Rep. Pricey Harrison

NC House Representative, Guilford County

Mauricio Henriquez Castro

Union Organizer

Eduardo Herrera-Picasso

Member, Wilson City Council

Tanyetta Hill

Chair, Onslow County Democratic Party

Molly Holdeman

Chair, Pitt County Democratic Party

Greg Hopper

Chair, Ashe County Democratic Party

Lucy Inman

Former Court of Appeals Judge

Kathy Kirkpatrick

Guilford County Dems Chair

Helen "Sunny" Ladd

Professor Emerita of Public Policy at Duke

Abbie Lane

Fmr Edgecombe County 1st Vice Chair,; SEC Member; 2024 DNC Delegate

Ernest Lewis Jr

Fmr 3rd Vice Chair, Alamance County Dems

Stephanie Long Enoch

Green Level Town Councilwoman

Da’Quan Love

Civil Rights Leader

Adrian Maldonado Jr.

Chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party Hispanic Caucus

Ben Massey

Member of SEC

Justin Matthews

Fmr 1st Vice Chair, Cleveland County Dems

Pamela McAfee

President NCDP Disability Caucus

Rashon McLaurin

President, Wayne County Young Dems

Davit Melikian

1st Vice Chair, Durham Democrats

Linda Moore

Chair Craven County Democratic Party

Ron Osborne

Alamance Democratic Party Chair

Jadda Richardson

SEC Member

Tina Rodriguez

Fmr Chair, Carteret County Democratic Party

Mike Rush

3rd Vice Chair, Brunswick County Dem Party

Darlene Sekerak

President, Democratic Women of Ashe

Tariq Shehadeh

2nd Vice Pres, NCDP Progressive Caucus

Paula Shelton

Chair, Auxiliary Organization Committee

Tom Simmons

Congressional District 7 Chair

Fannie Smith

3rd Chair Dem Women of Henderson County

Karen Smith

3VC Macon County Dem Party

Erin Soto

Chair, Stanly County Democratic Party

Sharon Stephens

Scotland County Dem Party 2nd Vice Chair

Reem Subei

North Carolina Arab Caucus

Camille Taylor

Commissioner, Town of Powellsville

Angela Thornton

Vance County Democratic Party Chair

Valerie Van Pelt

Chair, Alleghany County Democratic Party

Jabaris Walker

Rocky Mount City Council

Melinda Abrams

Elizabeth Adams

Hannah Andrews

Mr. Sid Baker, Mr.

Nicholas Batman

Edward Binanay

Dr. Kent Blevins

Vermanno Bowman

Christopher Braswell

David Burr

Dilcy Burton

Jessica Coates

Stephanie Collins Frempong

Elizabeth Coulter

Anduin Craighill-Middleton

Zeke Creech

Sarah Davis

Mrs. Janet Davis-Castro

Mr Mark Finkelstein

Ian Gardner

Leonie Gill

Denise Glover

Jordan Googe

Roxanne Griffin

Trish Harris

Carol Harshman

Marilyn Hays

Stephen Head

​John Heath

Ann Henley

Chad Horner

Nancy Jacobs

Ms Patricia LeGrand

Julie McClintock

John McGowan

Phil Newsome

Amy Olsen

Jesse Oppenheim

Ann Rauchbach

​Christopher Reynolds

Joel Rosch

Tom Ross

Tricia Shapiro

Dwight Sheppard

Lisa Smith

Lisa Spiegel

Elliot Ward

Jeff Webster

Lorraine P. Werts

Kennis & Brenda Wilkins

Eric Willoughby

Kelsey Worsham

Mr. Jeffrey Worsham

Benjamin Yee

A Faye Young

Jack Yordy

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