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Farad Ali
Farad Ali was a candidate for mayor of Durham, North Carolina. He was defeated in the general election on November 7, 2017.
Ali served as a member of the Durham City Council from 2007 to 2011.[1]
Biography
Ali earned a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[2]
At the time of his 2017 run for mayor, Ali was the president and CEO of the nonprofit management consulting firm The Institute of Minority Economic Development. His professional experience includes work as the senior vice president of the Institute, the CEO of the Carolinas Minority Supplier Diversity Council, and the assistant vice president for business and community banking at the Royal Bank of Canada.[2][3]
Ali has also served as the executive director of the U.S. Department of Transportation Small Business Transportation Resource Center, a project director for the U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Center, and the chair of the North Carolina Central University School of Business Board, the Raleigh-Durham International Airport Authority, Duke Regional Hospital, the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce, the Airport Minority Advisory Council National Association, the NorthEast Central Steering Committee, and the Equal Opportunity Steering Committee.[2][1][3]
Elections
2017
Durham, North Carolina, held a general election for mayor and the Ward 1, Ward 2, and Ward 3 seats on the city council on November 7, 2017. A primary election was held on October 10, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was July 21, 2017.[4] Steve Schewel defeated Farad Ali in the general election for mayor of Durham.[5]
| Mayor of Durham, General Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Steve Schewel |
59.45% | 21,362 |
| Farad Ali | 40.22% | 14,451 |
| Write-in votes | 0.34% | 121 |
| Total Votes | 35,934 | |
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "11/07/2017 Official Municipal Election Results - Durham," accessed November 22, 2017 | ||
The following candidates ran in the primary election for mayor of Durham.[5]
| Mayor of Durham, Primary Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Steve Schewel |
51.04% | 12,998 |
| Farad Ali |
29.14% | 7,421 |
| Pierce Freelon | 15.94% | 4,059 |
| Sylvester Williams | 1.33% | 338 |
| Kershemia Ramirez | 1.16% | 296 |
| Tracy Drinker | 0.99% | 251 |
| Michael Johnson | 0.40% | 101 |
| Total Votes | 25,464 | |
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "10/10/2017 Official Primary Election Results - Durham," accessed October 27, 2017 | ||
Campaign themes
2017
Ali's campaign website highlighted the following themes:
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Principles
Priorities
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| —Farad Ali's campaign website, (2017)[7] | ||
Endorsements
2017
Ali received endorsements from the following in 2017:[8][9]
- Rev-elution
- Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People
- Friends of Durham
- North Carolina Sheriff Police Alliance
- Durham Regional Association of Realtors
- Triangle Apartment Association
- Mayor Bill Bell
Recent news
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See also
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External links
- Durham City Council
- Campaign website
- Social media
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Indy Week, "Farad Ali Officially Kicks Off Durham Mayoral Campaign," June 28, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 LinkedIn, "Farad Ali," accessed October 4, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ali for Mayor, "Meet Farad," accessed October 4, 2017
- ↑ Durham County Board of Elections, "2017 Election Schedule," accessed July 5, 2017
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Durham Board of Elections, "Candidate Detail List," accessed July 21, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Ali for Mayor, "Issues," accessed October 4, 2017
- ↑ Ali for Mayor, "Endorsements," accessed October 4, 2017
- ↑ The Chronicle, "'Durham is an Endorsement Town': Mayoral Candidates Prepare for Election Day," October 27, 2017
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