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On January 16, 2018, she became the first Latina to be appointed as a member of the Durham City Council to fill the seat of former Councilman Steve Schewel after he was elected as Mayor of Durham. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In her first public address after being sworn into office, she spoke in both English and Spanish. [ 1 ]
[1] [2] Williams and his wife Zweli opened Zweli's in 2018, a Zimbabwean restaurant in Durham. The couple later opened Ekhaya in the American Tobacco Campus in 2022, serving Bantu-inspired tapas. [3] Williams also served as a member of Durham's city council for Ward 3. [4] [5] Williams was sworn in as mayor on December 4, 2023. [6]
When the Durham City Council voted to give themselves a $10,000 pay raise in 2021, Freeman was the only councilmember to vote against the measure. [6] In 2022, she was among the councilmembers who voted in favor of a pilot program with the gunshot detection company ShotSpotter .
[15] [2] In March 2022, she was elected as co-chair of Local Progress, a networking organization for elected officials, and is co-chair of the organization's North Carolina chapter. [1] In March 2023, allegations of extorsion were made against another Durham city council member, Monique Holsey-Hyman. [16]
[22] [23] His campaign was endorsed by the North Carolina State AFL-CIO, [24] the Friends of Durham PAC, [25] and the Professional Firefighters of Durham union (which co-endorsed DeDreana Freeman). [26] Woodard advanced in the nonpartisan blanket primary on October 10, 2023, finishing second behind Durham City Council member Leonardo Williams. [27]
Mayor of Durham, North Carolina (1884–1888) 18 Paul Cameron Graham: 1905 – 1909: 4 years 19 W. J. Griswold: 1909 – 1911: 2 years Durham City Council (1905 – 1907) 20 Willis J. Brogden: 1911 – 1915: 4 years 21 Benjamin S. Skinner: 1915 – 1917: 2 years Durham City Council (1913 – 1915) 22 M. E. Newsom: 1917 – 1921: 4 years Durham ...
The 2023 Durham mayoral election was held on November 7, 2023, to elect the mayor of Durham, North Carolina. Incumbent mayor Elaine O'Neal, the first black woman elected to the position, chose to retire after a single two-year term. [1] The nonpartisan blanket primary was held on October 10. [2]