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Jillian Johnson
Jillian Johnson was an at-large member of the Durham City Council in North Carolina. She assumed office in 2015. She left office on December 4, 2023.
Johnson ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the Durham City Council in North Carolina. She won in the general election on November 5, 2019.
Biography
Jillian Johnson received a bachelor's degree in public policy, with a minor in women's studies, from Duke University in 2003. Her career experience includes serving as director of operations at the Southern Vision Alliance, a nonprofit that works with North Carolina youth on leadership development and civic engagement. Johnson is the co-founder of Durham for All.[1]
Elections
2019
See also: City elections in Durham, North Carolina (2019)
General election
General election for Durham City Council At-large (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Durham City Council At-large on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jillian Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 20.7 | 19,864 |
| ✔ |  | Charlie Reece (Nonpartisan) | 20.3 | 19,538 |
| ✔ |  | Javiera Caballero (Nonpartisan) | 19.8 | 19,029 |
 | Joshua Gunn (Nonpartisan) | 19.4 | 18,637 | |
 | Daniel Meier (Nonpartisan) | 9.8 | 9,431 | |
 | Jacqueline Wagstaff (Nonpartisan) | 9.7 | 9,360 | |
 | John Tarantino (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 26 | |
 | Mark-Anthony Middleton (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 22 | |
 | Victoria Peterson (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 18 | |
 | Ricardo Correa (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 15 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 251 | ||
| Total votes: 96,191 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Durham City Council At-large (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the primary for Durham City Council At-large on October 8, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jillian Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 21.3 | 10,464 |
| ✔ | | Charlie Reece (Nonpartisan) | 19.7 | 9,678 |
| ✔ | | Javiera Caballero (Nonpartisan) | 19.0 | 9,316 |
| ✔ | | Joshua Gunn (Nonpartisan) | 13.6 | 6,678 |
| ✔ | | Jacqueline Wagstaff (Nonpartisan) | 7.6 | 3,712 |
| ✔ | | Daniel Meier (Nonpartisan) | 6.0 | 2,958 |
| Victoria Peterson (Nonpartisan) | 5.4 | 2,643 | |
| Ricardo Correa (Nonpartisan) | 3.1 | 1,532 | |
| Charlitta Burruss (Nonpartisan) | 2.6 | 1,258 | ||
| John Tarantino (Nonpartisan) | 1.7 | 834 | |
| Total votes: 49,073 | |||
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Endorsements
Johnson was endorsed by the Durham People’s Alliance Political Action Committee.[2]
2015
The city of Durham, North Carolina, held elections for mayor and city council on November 3, 2015. A primary took place on October 6, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was July 17, 2015.[3][4] The candidates for the three at-large city council seats were: incumbent Steve Schewel, John Tarantino, Robert T. Stephens, Charlie Reece, Ricky L. Hart, Michael Shiflett, Philip Azar, Sandra Davis and Jillian Johnson. Six candidates advanced from the primary election on October 6, 2015.[5] Schewel, Johnson, Reece, Shiflett, Hart and Stephens faced off in the general election. Schewel, Johnson and Reece won in the general election. Incumbents Diane Catotti and Eugene A. Brown did not run for re-election.[6]
| Durham City Council, General election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Steve Schewel Incumbent |
28.1% | 15,011 |
| Jillian Johnson |
23.4% | 12,497 |
| Charlie Reece |
18.1% | 9,680 |
| Michael Shiflett | 13.8% | 7,376 |
| Ricky L. Hart | 10.9% | 5,844 |
| Robert T. Stephens | 5.5% | 2,925 |
| Write-in votes | 0.27% | 146 |
| Total Votes | 53,479 | |
| Source: "North Carolina State Board of Elections", "Official Municipal Election Results - Durham," accessed November 16, 2015 | ||
| Durham City Council Primary Election, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Steve Schewel Incumbent |
25% | 9,460 | |
| Jillian Johnson |
21.8% | 8,275 | |
| Charlie Reece |
16% | 6,079 | |
| Michael Shiflett |
10.3% | 3,891 | |
| Ricky L. Hart |
6.8% | 2,592 | |
| Robert T. Stephens |
6.7% | 2,537 | |
| Sandra Davis | 6.1% | 2,300 | |
| Philip Azar | 3.6% | 1,347 | |
| Juan Jose Alva | 2% | 771 | |
| John Tarantino | 1.7% | 660 | |
| Total Votes | 30,297 | ||
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Official primary election results," accessed November 16, 2015 | |||
Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jillian Johnson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Johnson's campaign website stated the following:
| “ | Jillian is running for Durham City Council because she believes in:
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| —Jillian Johnson’s campaign website (2019)[8] | ||
2015
Johnson's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[9]
Development and housing
- Excerpt: "Every day, luxury condos go up as affordable housing disappears. Youth of color suffer from racial profiling by police and working families struggle to make ends meet on poverty wages. Rather than lifting up the whole city, development has been creating two separate and unequal Durhams. We are nearing a tipping point. If things continue as they are, Durham, like so many cities across the country, will become another gentrified town where racism and inequality are built into the very structure of our city. Without bold and deliberate action from our elected leaders and broader community, Durham risks losing the rich diversity and social justice values that make us who we are."
Inclusion and social justice
- Excerpt: "As a city council member, Jillian will lift up the voices of those currently ignored by city policy, build a powerful progressive coalition, and play a leading role in upholding the principles of social justice that represent Durham’s true progressive values."
See also
2019 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Jillian Johnson campaign website, "About Jillian Johnson," accessed August 27, 2019
- ↑ Ballotpedia's Elections Team, “Email communication with Margaret Clemen," September 16, 2019
- ↑ Email correspondence with Michael E. Perry, Durham County Director of Elections on September 16, 2014.
- ↑ Durham County Board of Elections, "Election Schedule for 2015," accessed June 8, 2015
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ Durham County Board of Elections, "Official candidate list," accessed July 27, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Jillian Johnson’s campaign website, “Platform,” accessed August 27, 2019
- ↑ Jillian Johnson campaign website, accessed August 20, 2015
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