Damon Chetson

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Damon Chetson

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

May 17, 2022

Education

Law

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2009

Personal

Birthplace

Philadelphia, PA

Profession

Criminal defense lawyer

Contact

Campaign website

Damon Chetson (Democratic Party) ran for election for North Carolina 10th Prosecutorial District Attorney. He lost in the Democratic primary on May 17, 2022.

Chetson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Damon Chetson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2009. His career experience includes working as a criminal defense lawyer

Elections

2022

See also: Municipal elections in Wake County, North Carolina (2022)

General election

General election for North Carolina 10th Prosecutorial District Attorney

Incumbent Nancy Lorrin Freeman defeated Jeff Dobson in the general election for North Carolina 10th Prosecutorial District Attorney on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Nancy Lorrin Freeman (D)	62.1	275,701
	Submit photo	Jeff Dobson (R)	37.9	168,374

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 444,075
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for North Carolina 10th Prosecutorial District Attorney

Incumbent Nancy Lorrin Freeman defeated Damon Chetson in the Democratic primary for North Carolina 10th Prosecutorial District Attorney on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Nancy Lorrin Freeman	58.9	51,920
		Damon Chetson	41.1	36,290

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 88,210
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Jeff Dobson advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina 10th Prosecutorial District Attorney.

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Damon Chetson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Chetson's responses.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Damon Chetson is a criminal defense attorney in Wake County who seeks to bring common sense criminal justice reform to our capitol county. He is a former Democratic National Convention delegate for 2020, and a past volunteer lawyer who represented people charged with post-related violations in the Moral Monday protests in Raleigh. He lives with his wife Catherine in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• I will end the death penalty in Wake County.
• I will end the prosecution of adult-use quantities of marijuana
• I will build an inclusive prosecutor's office that prosecutes violent crime to keep all our neighborhoods safe.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I will focus on bringing sensible criminal justice reform to Wake County by building a better Wake County District Attorney's Office that focuses on violent crime and expands opportunities for substance abuse, mental health, and veterans treatment and deferral programs.

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