Irving Allen

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Irving Allen

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Greensboro City Council At-large

Date Elected

November 4, 2025

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Irving Allen is an at-large member-elect of the Greensboro City Council in North Carolina. He assumes office on December 2, 2025.

Allen ran for election for an at-large seat of the Greensboro City Council in North Carolina. He won in the general election on November 4, 2025.

Biography

At the time of his 2017 run for city council, Allen was a fellowship coordinator for Ignite NC and a national trainer for the Beautiful Trouble Network. His experience also includes service as a founding member of the Gate City chapter of Black Lives Matter, a member of the Human Rights Commission and the Youth Advisory Board, and an organizer of the Citizens Review Board, the Teens Downtown youth program, and the Books and Black Youth program.

Elections

2025

See also: City elections in Greensboro, North Carolina (2025)

General election

General election for Greensboro City Council At-large (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Greensboro City Council At-large on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Denise Roth (Nonpartisan)	20.4	22,244
✔		Hugh Holston (Nonpartisan)	20.3	22,143
✔		Irving Allen (Nonpartisan)	17.5	19,171
		Richard Beard (Nonpartisan)	15.2	16,575
	Submit photo	Jamilla Pinder (Nonpartisan)	13.9	15,218
		T. Dianne Bellamy-Small (Nonpartisan)	12.8	13,937

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 109,288
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Greensboro City Council At-large (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the primary for Greensboro City Council At-large on October 7, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Hugh Holston (Nonpartisan)	15.8	8,714
✔	Submit photo	Denise Roth (Nonpartisan)	14.2	7,841
✔		Richard Beard (Nonpartisan)	13.8	7,598
✔	Submit photo	Jamilla Pinder (Nonpartisan)	11.9	6,569
✔		Irving Allen (Nonpartisan)	11.0	6,064
✔		T. Dianne Bellamy-Small (Nonpartisan)	9.4	5,159
		Carla Franklin (Nonpartisan)	9.3	5,108
	Submit photo	Michael McKinney (Nonpartisan)	7.6	4,194
		LaToya B. Gathers (Nonpartisan)	4.5	2,466
	Submit photo	Samuel Hawkins (Nonpartisan)	2.6	1,462

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 55,175
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Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Allen in this election.

2017

See also: Mayoral election in Greensboro, North Carolina (2017) and Municipal elections in Greensboro, North Carolina (2017)

The following candidates ran in the primary election for the at-large seats on the Greensboro City Council.

Greensboro City Council At-Large, Primary Election, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Yvonne Johnson Incumbent	22.42%	10,639
Marikay Abuzuaiter Incumbent	14.65%	6,952
Mike Barber Incumbent	11.29%	5,357
Michelle Kennedy	11.26%	5,345
Dave Wils	7.93%	3,761
T. Dianne Bellamy-Small	7.03%	3,336
Dan Jackson	5.84%	2,772
Irving Allen	4.63%	2,196
James Ingram	3.00%	1,424
Lindy Perry-Garnette	2.88%	1,366
M.A. Bakie	2.79%	1,325
Tijuana Hayes	2.57%	1,219
Jodi Bennett-Bradshaw	1.41%	671
Andy Nelson	1.19%	563
Sylvine Hill	1.12%	530
Total Votes		47,456
Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "10/10/2017 Official Primary Election Results - Guilford," accessed October 27, 2017

Campaign themes

2025

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2017

Allen's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“	Identity: Greensboro has been a place that the nation could look towards for an entry into the south for social movements, goods and services. Greensboro has always been a melting pot of people from different backgrounds settling here and building off of each other’s different resources and experiences. Greensboro trains the world through our many colleges and universities, but much due to the lack of a true identity we haven’t attracted adequate jobs to match graduating students’ education. It is time for Greensboro’s leaders to focus on build an Identity, just as this city was labeled the 'Gate City' due to the approx. 60 trains that ran supplies across the country. With such a diverse population, Greensboro can stop being just a pit stop and become an opportunity for people to grow. Growth: Greensboro must be intentional to invest in its people to be prepared for equitable economic growth. This intentional investment must also grow outward towards the people. To obtain this equitable and sustainable growth in all areas of the city, we must engage the community and city officials to build a greater Greensboro together. Investment: Greensboro must begin to invest in its communities after intentional dialogue through community based organizations and neighborhood associations to ensure adequate resources are available. Communities should be trusted to decide on the investment of their community, bringing more ownership of our city resources to local communities. College Students: Greensboro has a large college population and our leadership must be intentional in the investment and inclusion of this population. These students are large economic drivers, NC A&T holds our one of the largest economic events in Greensboro’s fiscal year. The Collegiate fellowship must be expanded to ensure students had increased opportunities and build a sense of ownership in the direction Greensboro. Investing in this population isn’t only right, but it is also in Greensboro’s interest to become a destination and not just a pitstop for these residents. Leadership: Servant leadership is very important, my father served the church since he was 16 years old and 40 years later now serves as Pastor. Even in his position now, he still sweeps the floor and will do anything he ask of his members to do. Our leaders shouldn’t ask of anything that we wouldn’t do - Greensboro’s leaders must be able to ask of our residents, and be able to do when residents ask of us as leaders. Transparency: In order for people to believe in something, they have to know how it works. We must be intentional in the education of our residents on a large scale on how the city works to encourage trust in our city and leaders. Access: You can’t lead people you are not in contact with - you must be in proximity to the community to ensure the best solutions. Greensboro needs leadership that is accessible to the community and willing to work with residents to find solutions to build a greater Greensboro together!	”
—Irving Allen's campaign website, (2017)

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