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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
Charles Burnham
Chair, Efland Precinct
Mark Chilton
Orange County Register of Deeds
Alex de Saint Phalle
Orange Co Colonial Heights precinct chair
Robb English
Hillsborough Commissioner
Michael Fath
CD4 Executive Committee
John Ferguson
Northern Orange County Democratic Leader; Former NCAE Organizer
Jacquelyn Gist
Fmr 8-Term Member, Carrboro Town Council
George Griffin
Member, CHCCS Board of Education
Joe Hackney
Former Speaker of the NC House
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
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
Anna Lynch
Board President, OC Rape Crisis Center
​Anissa McLendon
Orange County Educator
Nina Morley Daye
Hillsborough North Precinct Chair
Diane Ong
2021 President, UNC Young Democrats
Leigh Osofsky
Professor of Law, UNC School of Law
Anna Richards
Former Orange County Commissioner
Louie Rivers III
Member, Chapel Hill Town Council
Tremaine Royster
N. Orange Civil Rights Leader
Anita Thompson
President, Orange County Democratic Party African-American Caucus
Edmund Tiryakian
Former Chair, Caldwell Precinct
Alice Toler
Person County Dem Leader
Cathy Vinski
PerSisters Organizer
Megan Wagner
2022 President, UNC Young Democrats
Rosemary Waldorf
Former Mayor, Chapel Hill
Theodore White
2023 President, UNC Young Democrats
Erskine Avis
Robin Bedingfield
Sarah Blake
Joy Blevins
Kelly Bodie
Jeannine Borzello
David Bright
Sharon Brown
Terri Buckner
Betsy Burke
Lynn Carswell
Jane Clunie, Ph.D.
Philip Conoly
Dr. Robert Conrad
James W. Crow, Ph.D.
Karen Curtin
Dr. Marsha Davenport
Lisa Dendy
Robbie Dircks
Hart Edmonds
Laura Edwards
Maxine Eichner
Mr. Martin Feinstein
Dr. William Ferris
Hans Flinch
Janet Flowers
Karen Fowler
Isabel Geffner
Mindy Gellin
Sue Goodman
Lucy Gorham
Susan Green
Wendy Greene
Margaret Griffin
Michael Grove
Cooper 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
Charles Humble
Millie Hunter
Martin Johnson
Dr Richard Johnson
Allegra Jordan
Nina Kamberos
Samantha Kaplan
Amy Kenyon
Dr Carol Klein
Joan Krause
Kimberly Kylstra, MD
David LaBarre
Debra Lampley
Karen Macklin
Dr. Alice Maniloff
Dr. Killian Manning
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
Kris Parks
Larry Parrish
Dr. Lars Perlmutt
Kim Piracci
Mr Barry Popkin
Sarah Poulton
Jane Preyer
Laura Raffield
Tracy Raines
Rajeev Rajendran
Nancy Rosebaugh
Jen Sanders
Erin Schwie Langston
Linda Seligman
Jayse Sessi
Andrew Short
Sallie Shuping-Russell
Kay Singer
Bess Smith
Perry Smith
Travis Smith
Ellen Stolzman
Lynda Stone
Andrea Stoney
Cay Stratton
Dennis Swartzlander
Anjanet Thomas
Jennifer Van Vickle
Andrea Vizoso
Jermaine Wallace
Anna Waller
Buffie Webber
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
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
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
Brian Cohn
Member, NC House of Representatives
Miles Daavis
Dem nominee, Bertie County Commissioner
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
Mauricio Henriquez Castro
Union Organizer
Eduardo Herrera-Picasso
Member, Wilson City Council
Molly Holdeman
Chair, Pitt 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
Da’Quan Love
Civil Rights Leader
Adrian Maldonado Jr.
Chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party Hispanic Caucus
Ben Massey
Member of SEC
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
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
Sharon Stephens
Scotland County Dem Party 2nd Vice Chair
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
Dr. Kent Blevins
Vermanno Bowman
Christopher Braswell
David Burr
Jessica Coates
Elizabeth Coulter
Anduin Craighill-Middleton
Zeke Creech
Sarah Davis
Mrs. Janet Davis-Castro
Mr Mark Finkelstein
Ian Gardner
Leonie Gill
Jordan Googe
Trish Harris
Carol Harshman
Marilyn Hays
Stephen Head
Ann Henley
Chad Horner
Ms Patricia LeGrand
John McGowan
Phil Newsome
Amy Olsen
Jesse Oppenheim
Joel Rosch
Tom Ross
Tricia Shapiro
Dwight Sheppard
Lisa Spiegel
Elliot Ward
Jeff Webster
Eric Willoughby
Mr. Jeffeey Worsham
A Faye Young
Jack Yordy