Jennifer Truman
Jennifer Truman ran for election to the Raleigh City Council to represent District D in North Carolina. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Truman completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Jennifer Truman earned a high school diploma from the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. She earned a bachelor's degree from North Carolina State University in 2011 and a graduate degree from the same university in 2014. Her career experience includes working as an architect.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: City elections in Raleigh, North Carolina (2022)
General election
General election for Raleigh City Council District D
Jane Harrison defeated Jennifer Truman, Todd Kennedy, and Rob Baumgart in the general election for Raleigh City Council District D on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jane Harrison (Nonpartisan)  | 56.2 | 12,408 |
 | Jennifer Truman (Nonpartisan) | 19.5 | 4,310 | |
| Todd Kennedy (Nonpartisan) | 13.1 | 2,889 | ||
| Rob Baumgart (Nonpartisan) | 10.7 | 2,353 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 99 | ||
| Total votes: 22,059 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Jennifer Truman completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Truman's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- I'm an optimist. I believe that together we can build a different and better future for Raleigh
- I've lived her for 15 years and my my professional and volunteer efforts in the community have consistently prioritized working together and looking for solutions.
- I’m running to return the conversation to how we want to grow and build our City’s future, which will never be a simple yes and no answer.
An equitable future and a sustainable future depend on building differently than we have for the past half century. We need to continue the work started by this Council, to encourage progressive zoning reform. We can preserve our parks, natural systems and trees by building denser housing and supporting development of missing middle housing and multi-story mixed-use buildings along transit corridors. As things change we need to remember that every Raleigh resident deserves a place to live, work and play.
Budget that reflects our People and Values
Now, more than ever, attention is needed to align Raleigh’s spending choices with our values. There are always competing needs in a city, but our budget should make support for our employees and our climate goals a priority. How Raleigh City Council sets policies and funds ongoing work is the largest annual statement of what we value.
Transit Choices and Walkability
Leadership means making the right decisions from the big picture to the small details, in Raleigh that means paying attention to goals for equitable and sustainable growth at every rezoning decision, it means paying attention to our budget and ensuring it reflects the people and our shared values across every department, and it means paying attention to our residents that walk, ride the bus and bike as their everyday travel when we make transportation decisions.
This first job taught me more than the basics, I learned how much every part-time employee and patron contributes to the culture and vibrancy of our city. I learned how working somewhere can feel like working with friends. I learned that giving back and teaching are skills that can be applied to anything you're doing. And most importantly I learned that our parks, pools, and community centers are critical services to people throughout our community. I've taught at every pool in Raleigh and thousands of kids that without low cost city swimming lessons might not have learned to swim. City programs have the real ability to improve the safety and quality of life of every resident.
But many people don't realize that's not how most projects and change occur in our city, most change occurs in smaller increments under the same baseline of rules that Council decides on that apply to everyone. Those basic ordinances include rules about everything from how many houses can be built on a property, to how much rain water has to be caught and held on site with stormwater control devices, to how often events can be held per year on a property, to how much noise can be made any day of the week, to how big the signs on a building can be. There are thousands of rules, big and small, that City staff review when they permit or allow projects to be built within our City.
I've served in our community in the following ways.
Board Member - Raleigh Transit Authority
Associate and Emerging Professionals Director for AIA NC and Representative to National Associates Committee American Institute of Architects
Leadership Committee Member – Dix Edge Area Study with City of Raleigh
Secretary of Southwest CAC, then co-leader of Southwest Community Engagement Forum
Board Member – Fertile Ground Food Cooperative
Volunteer Member – Dix Park Master Plan Workgroup – The Park and Its Program with City of Raleigh Parks Planning
designSPARK planning team; Event Coordinator
Second Saturday urban agriculture festival
Member of Sustainability Advisory Group Educators while Instructor at NC School of Science and Mathematics
We have found that many people in Raleigh recognize the need for a an optimistic, young leader who understands how the system has worked, but is dedicated to critical reforms based on their own and the communities experience, that is my approach.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 11, 2022
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