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  • Who’s Running for Durham Mayor and Council?
  • And Chapel Hill Town Council?
  • And What About Cary Town Council?
  • Uproar Art Festival Returns Despite Chantal
  • “Geeky” Spots in Raleigh

Good morning, readers.

Election season resumes this fall for Bull City residents as they prepare to vote on four city council seats: the three Ward seats and Durham mayor.

A whopping 19 candidates total filed in the four races before Friday’s deadline, including the four incumbents. Those incumbents will have to defend their records on key issues like housing and public safety while the insurgent candidates need to communicate their bona fides in a short period of time to prove they are worthy of dethroning the status quo.

The primary election is being held on October 7. Two mayoral candidates and six city council candidates (two from each ward) will move forward to the general election on November 4.

Read more about the candidates and what’s at stake here.

Thanks for reading.

—Justin

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Credit: Illustration by Nicole Pajor Moore

Who’s Running: Chapel Hill Council

Mayor Jess Anderson is unopposed in her reelection bid, while four challengers are seeking to unseat incumbent council members, INDY’s Chase Pellegrini de Paur reports.

Credit: Illustration by Nicole Pajor Moore

Who’s Running: Cary Town Council

A mix of political stalwarts and newcomers are vying for three town council seats in the wealthy suburb this fall, INDY’s Chloe Courtney Bohl reports.

"Don't Tell Me to Get a Grip" by J. Slattery, a sculpture at the 2023 Uproar Festival of Public Art. Photo by Steve Murray.

Uproar Art Festival Returns

Undaunted by Tropical Storm Chantal, the public art festival will bring sixty outdoor installations by Southern artists to outdoor spaces across Orange County, Chloe reports.

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DURHAM COUNTY: Police body camera footage from arrests that took place at a protest over housing conditions at NCCU has been released, WRAL reports.

ORANGE COUNTY: Front Office Sports reports that Hulu is planning a docu-series on UNC football and coach Bill Belichick.

STATE: The state’s largest food bank says donations won’t be able to make up for lost funding once the Trump administration’s cuts to SNAP take effect, Axios reports.

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