James Ingram (North Carolina)
James Ingram was a candidate for at-large representative on the Greensboro City Council in North Carolina. He was defeated in the primary election on October 10, 2017.
Although city council elections in Greensboro are officially nonpartisan, Ingram identifies as a member of the Guilford County Republican Party.[1]
Biography
As of his 2017 run for city council, Ingram was an auditor. His experience includes work on political campaigns, as the club president of a political organization, and as a supervisor and department manager for Staples.[1]
Elections
2017
The following candidates ran in the primary election for the at-large seats on the Greensboro City Council.[2]
| 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
2017
Ingram's campaign website highlighted the following issues. Click "show" on the boxes below for more information about his positions.
| Public Safety |
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| "Encourage community self-policing, support our officers, and call out those who did wrong when they are in the wrong regardless of who that individual may be. I also will be fighting for more dialogue between police, communities, and council so we can together form a plan that unites Greensboro and eases the tension between the communities."[3] |
| Efficient, Sustainable Government |
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| "An efficient, sustainable government is believed to be achieved through successfully finding a balance of a business and citizen friendly economy that produces career opportunities for all citizens desiring to move forward, whether a native of Greensboro to a recent college grad looking to stay and invest in the city. This is also done by being wise about current spending and slower to write checks to make sure you have the overall best valued contract signed for community projects. Lastly, it is done by intentionally saving money when times are good so the bad times are easier to get through as a united equal community."[4] |
| I'll be giving back |
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| "City Council gave themselves a 60% raise and that totalled out to be near $10,000. While most of us do not see this type of raise the Council's raise went through unchecked and undeserved. With that being said I will personally be reinvesting that $10,000 back into Greensboro by donating to local start-up businesses and speaking to NC A&T and the family of my mentor, the late Art Davis, to set up a scholarship fund in Honor of Him to cover the cost of Tuition at NC A&T. So in short I personally, if elected, will be donating over $30,000 personally back to Greensboro to give citizens an opportunity to pursue their dreams and help them achieve it just like the Greensboro community did for me a few years back."[5] |
| Social Issues |
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| "Work with local Universities to create a required course for all incoming students to participate in a sexual assault awareness and self-defense class to better protect students and work with the Greensboro Community to pressure the General Assembly to allow everyone to say NO when they want because No means No and not being allowed to have the power to change your mind is unacceptable today and as a loving community we should empower and protect individuals of assault."[6] |
Recent news
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See also
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External links
- Greensboro City Council
- Campaign website
- Social media
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Greensboro News & Record, "At Large: James Ingram," August 25, 2017
- ↑ Guilford County, NC, "Municipal General Candidates 2017," accessed July 21, 2017
- ↑ James4GSO, "Public Safety," accessed October 6, 2017
- ↑ James4GSO, "Efficient, Sustainable Government," accessed October 6, 2017
- ↑ James4GSO, "Personal Reinvestment," accessed October 6, 2017
- ↑ James4GSO, "Social Issues," accessed October 6, 2017
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