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Goldie Wells
2017 - Present
2025
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Goldie Wells is a member of the Greensboro City Council in North Carolina, representing District 2. She assumed office in 2017. Her current term ends in 2025.
Wells ran for re-election to the Greensboro City Council to represent District 2 in North Carolina. She won in the general election on July 26, 2022.
Wells was appointed by the city council on July 18, 2017, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Jamal Fox.[1] Wells previously represented District 2 on the city council from 2005 to 2009.[1]
Biography
Wells earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from Hampton University and North Carolina A&T State University and a doctoral degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[2]
At the time of her 2017 run for city council, Wells was retired from her position as president of Saints Academy and College. Her professional experience also includes work as the Title I director for the Iredell-Stateville Schools and a teacher for the Wake County and Guilford County school systems.[2]
Elections
2022
See also: City elections in Greensboro, North Carolina (2022)
General election
General election for Greensboro City Council District 2
Incumbent Goldie Wells defeated Cecile Crawford in the general election for Greensboro City Council District 2 on July 26, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Goldie Wells (Nonpartisan) | 51.5 | 1,932 |
 | Cecile Crawford (Nonpartisan) | 48.3 | 1,814 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 6 | ||
| Total votes: 3,752 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Greensboro City Council District 2
Incumbent Goldie Wells and Cecile Crawford defeated Portia Shipman and LaToya B. Gathers in the primary for Greensboro City Council District 2 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Goldie Wells (Nonpartisan) | 42.6 | 2,172 |
| ✔ | | Cecile Crawford (Nonpartisan) | 29.8 | 1,520 |
| Portia Shipman (Nonpartisan) | 16.9 | 860 | ||
 | LaToya B. Gathers (Nonpartisan) | 10.7 | 543 | |
| Total votes: 5,095 | |||
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2017
Greensboro, North Carolina, held a general election for mayor and all eight 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.[3][4] Incumbent Goldie Wells defeated Jim Kee in the general election for the District 2 seat on the Greensboro City Council.[5]
| Greensboro City Council, District 2 General Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Goldie Wells Incumbent |
71.11% | 3,035 |
| Jim Kee | 28.00% | 1,195 |
| Write-in votes | 0.89% | 38 |
| Total Votes | 4,268 | |
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "11/07/2017 Official Municipal Election Results - Guilford," accessed November 22, 2017 | ||
Incumbent Goldie Wells and Jim Kee defeated C.J. Brinson, Felicia Angus, and Tim Vincent in the primary election for the District 2 seat on the Greensboro City Council.[5]
| Greensboro City Council, District 2 Primary Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Goldie Wells Incumbent |
53.97% | 1,197 |
| Jim Kee |
20.60% | 457 |
| C.J. Brinson | 19.57% | 434 |
| Felicia Angus | 3.56% | 79 |
| Tim Vincent | 2.30% | 51 |
| Total Votes | 2,218 | |
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "10/10/2017 Official Primary Election Results - Guilford," accessed October 27, 2017 | ||
Endorsements
Wells received endorsements from the following in 2017:
- Replacements Ltd PAC[6]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Goldie Wells did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2017
Wells' campaign website listed the following priorities:
| “ |
Empower Neighborhoods & Communities |
” |
| —Goldie Wells' campaign website, (2017)[8] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Greensboro City Council District 2 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Triad City Beat, "Goldie Wells appointed to fill Jamal Fox’s unexpired term in District 2," July 19, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Goldie Wells for City Council, "About Councilwoman Goldie Wells," accessed October 5, 2017
- ↑ Guilford County, North Carolina, "Offices for 2017 Municipal Elections," accessed July 5, 2017
- ↑ Guilford County, North Carolina, "Elected Officials - Guilford County, North Carolina," June 17, 2015
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Guilford County, NC, "Municipal General Candidates 2017," accessed July 21, 2017
- ↑ Replacements Ltd PAC, "2017 LGBT Primary Election Voter Guide," accessed October 5, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Goldie Wells for City Council, "Issues," accessed October 5, 2017
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Greensboro City Council District 2 2017-Present |
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| Preceded by - |
Greensboro City Council District 2 2005-2009 |
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