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		<title>Gordon to run for re-election in District 1</title>
		<link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/politics/2010/02/gordon-to-run-for-re-election-in-district-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk Ross</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orange County Board of Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alice Gordon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orange County District 1]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Orange County commissioner Alice Gordon announced she would seek another term on the board. She will run in District 1. Two years ago, the board expanded from five to seven members and added district representation. District 1 represents the heavily populated southern third of the county, closely mirroring (though not exactly) the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jacobs to run for re-election as at-large</title>
		<link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/politics/2010/02/jacobs-to-run-for-re-election-as-at-large/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk Ross</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orange County Board of Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry Jacobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orange County At-Large]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Orange County commissioner Barry Jacobs has announced that he will seek re-election to the board. Jacobs said he will run for the at-large seat. In his previous four years ago run all commissioners ran at large, but under new rules started two years ago for the expanded county board, candidates can run either as an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lucier to file for re-election</title>
		<link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/politics/2010/02/lucier-to-file-for-re-election/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk Ross</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chatham County Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chtham Dounty District 3]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Lucier]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chatham County commissioner George Lucier has announced he will seek re-election to the District 3 seat.
Here&#8217;s the official statement:
Chatham County Commissioner George Lucier Will Run for Second Term
George Lucier will seek re-election as Chatham County Commissioner from District 3. Lucier, a Democrat, was elected in 2006, and has a long record of public service at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vanderbeck to file for re-election</title>
		<link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/politics/2010/02/vanderbeck-to-file-for-re-election/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk Ross</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chatham County Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chatham District 4]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Vanderbeck]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chatham County commissioner  Tom Vanderbeck announced his bid for another term in Chatham&#8217;s District 4 seat.
Here&#8217;s the official statement:

Tom Vanderbeck announces bid for re-election as County Commissioner from District 4
Chatham County Commissioner Tom Vanderbeck announced today that he is seeking re-election. Vanderbeck, a Democrat, resides in District 4.
&#8220;In 2006, I ran on a campaign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Filing season opens today</title>
		<link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/politics/2010/02/filing-season-opens-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk Ross</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Filing for board of commissioners, Orange County school board, and state and federal legislative offices opens this morning at noon.
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		<title>Foy not running for Senate</title>
		<link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/politics/2009/12/foy-not-running-for-senate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk Ross</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mayor of Chapel Hill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Foy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Foy signals (via a tweet) that he&#8217;s not running for U.S. Senate. He tweets:
I decided not to run for the U.S. Senate seat next year &#8211; but I very much appreciate all the support and encouragement I&#8217;ve received.
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		<title>Chilton win; Gist, Haven-O’Donnell, Slade victorious</title>
		<link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/politics/2009/11/chilton-win-gist-haven-o%e2%80%99donnell-slade-victorious/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[2009 Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carrboro Board of Aldermen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mayor of Carrboro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amanda Ashley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Voyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jacquelyn M. Gist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark H. Chilton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Randee Haven-O'Donnell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sammy Slade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sharon Cook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Peck]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Beth Mechum, Staff Writer

Election season has come and gone, but the Carrboro Board of Aldermen will have a decidedly familiar look.
Voters re-elected Mayor Mark Chilton, who garnered more than 70 percent of the votes, with 1,658. They also returned aldermen Jacquie Gist and Randee Haven-O’ Donnell, with 24.84 percent (1,507 votes) and 23.92 percent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kleinschmidt win</title>
		<link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/politics/2009/11/kleinschmidt-win/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>webstaff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mayor of Chapel Hill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Augustus Cho]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Foy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Wolff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Kleinschmidt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Czajkowski]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Kirk Ross, Staff Writer

Chapel Hill  — On Wednesday morning, Chapel Hill Mayor-elect Mark Kleinschmidt was sitting relaxed, coffee in hand, just outside the office now occupied by his predecessor, Kevin Foy.
In between receiving congratulations as various staff passed by, he was relating the events of the previous evening with Town Manager Roger Stancil, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rich, Pease take council seats; Easthom, Harrison re-elected</title>
		<link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/politics/2009/11/rich-pease-take-council-seats-easthom-harrison-re-elected/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>webstaff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapel Hill Town Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ed Harrison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gene Pease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Ward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laurin Easthom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penny Rich]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.carrborocitizen.com/politics/?p=187</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Kirk Ross, Staff Writer

In the race for four seats on the Chapel Hill Town Council, Penny Rich, who ran unsuccessfully two years ago, was the top vote getter, with 4,278 votes. She was followed by incumbents Ed Harrison, who received 4,081 votes, and Laurin Easthom, who received 4,035. The fourth seat on the council [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Next up: filling a vacancy</title>
		<link>http://www.carrborocitizen.com/politics/2009/11/next-up-filling-a-vacancy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>webstaff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapel Hill Town Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Merritt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laurin Easthom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Kleinschmidt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Czajkowski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Pohlman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Kirk Ross, Staff Writer

Chapel Hill  — The swearing in of the new mayor and council members takes place in early December, but the constitution of the town’s governing body will be incomplete until they take up the vacancy left by the resignation of Bill Strom early in the campaign season.
Strom, whose term would [...]]]></description>
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