Ashton Mae Smith
Ashton Mae Smith was a 2015 candidate for District D of the Raleigh City Council in North Carolina. The general election took place on October 6, 2015.
Biography
Smith graduated from Needham B. Broughton High School. She received an undergraduate degree from North Carolina University, going on to earn an BID (Bachelor of Industrial Design) there as well.[1]
Campaign themes
2015
Smith's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[2]
Managing growth
- Excerpt: "We have great neighborhoods and vibrant businesses thriving side by side, and it’s a balance we must maintain as the city grows. We must continue to manage this growth with the necessary transit and infrastructure improvements so that both businesses and residents can thrive and move easily around the city and region they love. We must attract and retain the people and businesses who recognize what an incredible place this is to live and work, while ensuring development scales appropriately and integrates into our existing communities. I chair the board for the Friends of the City of Raleigh Museum because we can never lose sight of where it all started."
Affordable housing
- Excerpt: "[W]hile we should support our beautiful and historical neighborhoods as well as new residential developments, we also need to continue setting aside space for affordable housing so everyone can have a clean, safe neighborhood to call home. That’s why I serve on the board of DHIC, a non-profit organization dedicated to the development of high-quality housing communities."
Decision making procedures
- Excerpt: "As a professional in the tech industry, I’d work to shift the way we make policy decisions about our city. We do an incredible job collecting data, and much of it is publicly available. Add to that that we have some of the brightest minds in the country living here. Let’s use that empirical information to drive our decision-making. It may not always support the direction our emotions pull us, but data is unbiased and a powerful tool at our disposal as we build our world-class city."
Elections
2015
The city of Raleigh, North Carolina, held elections for mayor and city council on October 6, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was July 17, 2015.[3] In the District D race, incumbent Kay Crowder defeated Ashton Mae Smith in the general election on October 6, 2015.[4][5][6]
| Raleigh City Council District D General Election, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
 Kay Crowder Incumbent |
61.9% | 4,246 | |
| Ashton Mae Smith | 37.7% | 2,583 | |
| Write-in | 0.4% | 28 | |
| Total Votes | 6,857 | ||
| Source: Wake County Elections, "Municipal Elections Unofficial Results," October 6, 2015 | |||
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See also
- Raleigh, North Carolina
- Raleigh, North Carolina municipal elections, 2015
- United States municipal elections, 2015
External links
- Official campaign website
- Ashton Mae Smith on Facebook
- Ashton Mae Smith on Twitter
- Wake County Board of Elections - Official candidate list
Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Ashton Mae Smith Profile," accessed August 4, 2015
- ↑ Official campaign website of Ashton Mae Smith, "Meet Ashton," accessed August 3, 2015
- ↑ Correspondence with Gary Sims of Wake County on November 17, 2014.
- ↑ Wake County Board of Elections, "Future Election Dates," accessed September 19, 2014
- ↑ Wake County Board of Elections, "Official candidate list," accessed July 24, 2015
- ↑ Wake County Elections, "Municipal Elections Unofficial Results," October 6, 2015
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