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Jim Kee
Jim Kee is running for election to the Greensboro City Council to represent District 2 in North Carolina. He is on the ballot in the primary on October 7, 2025.[source]
Kee was a member of the Greensboro City Council in North Carolina, representing District 2.
Biography
Jim Kee was born in Garysburg, North Carolina. Kee attended Elizabeth City State University and earned a B.S. in economics from North Carolina A&T State University in 1981.[1] Kee's professional experience includes work as the president of the Kee Development Corporation and for then-San Diego Mayor Pete Wilson (R). He has also served as the chair of the Firefighters' Relief Fund, a cochair of the community organization Concerned Citizens of Northeast Greensboro, and a member of the Greensboro Historical Museum Board and the Board of Adjustments.[1] Kee also has worked as a farmer.[2]
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in Greensboro, North Carolina (2025)
General election
The primary will occur on October 7, 2025. The general election will occur on November 4, 2025. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Greensboro City Council District 2
Cecile Crawford, Irish Good, Jim Kee, Monica Walker, and Anthony Wesley are running in the primary for Greensboro City Council District 2 on October 7, 2025.
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 | Cecile Crawford (Nonpartisan) | |
| Irish Good (Nonpartisan) | ||
 | Jim Kee (Nonpartisan) | |
 | Monica Walker (Nonpartisan) | |
| Anthony Wesley (Nonpartisan) | ||
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2024
See also: North Carolina Auditor election, 2024
General election
General election for North Carolina State Auditor
Dave Boliek defeated incumbent Jessica Holmes and Bob Drach in the general election for North Carolina State Auditor on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dave Boliek (R) | 49.4 | 2,729,780 |
 | Jessica Holmes (D) | 47.6 | 2,633,607 | |
 | Bob Drach (L) | 3.0 | 167,701 | |
| Total votes: 5,531,088 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for North Carolina State Auditor
Dave Boliek defeated Jack Clark in the Republican primary runoff for North Carolina State Auditor on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dave Boliek | 53.2 | 67,173 |
 | Jack Clark | 46.8 | 59,130 | |
| Total votes: 126,303 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jessica Holmes advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina State Auditor.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Luis Toledo (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for North Carolina State Auditor
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for North Carolina State Auditor on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jack Clark | 23.2 | 198,793 |
| ✔ | | Dave Boliek | 22.1 | 189,071 |
 | Charles Dingee | 18.6 | 159,351 | |
 | Jeff Tarte | 15.0 | 127,981 | |
 | Anthony Wayne Street | 11.2 | 95,863 | |
| Jim Kee | 9.9 | 84,302 | |
| Total votes: 855,361 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- James Upchurch (R)
Libertarian primary election
The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Bob Drach advanced from the Libertarian primary for North Carolina State Auditor.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Kee in this election.
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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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2014Elections for the North Carolina House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 6, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 28, 2014. Incumbent Mary Harrison defeated Jim Kee in the Democratic primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[6][7]
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Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2024
Jim Kee completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kee'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 will verify the financial and operational viability and integrity of all NC governmental agencies to ensure compliance with NC law and regulations
- I will offer technical assistance to any agency that wants to improve their financial management.
- I will hold any agency that willfully breaks the law to the highest degree of the law.
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Campaign website
Kee’s campaign website stated the following:
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North Carolina State Auditor Agriculture Economic Development Education Public Safety |
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| —Jim Kee’s campaign website (2024)[9] | ||
2017
Kee's campaign website highlighted the following issues:
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Economic Development Low economics affects housing stock, business recruitment, and jobs and leads to higher taxes, increased fees, higher crime and unsafe neighborhoods. It is imperative that we raise the standard of living for all citizens and expand the tax base by means other than raising property taxes and increasing fees on services like water rates. Sustainable economic growth cannot be achieved on the backs of the citizens through taxation, but rather through business growth. This is the challenge that Greensboro faces and I will optimistically take on this challenge through the formation of public/private committees that will meet regularly to address this problem. Business Expansion First, we have to establish relationships with established local large and midsize companies to ensure that we assess their expansion and workforce requirements and are assisting with meeting those requirements. Second, we have to have site ready tracks of land to entice other companies to locate in Greensboro. Third, we have to assist with small business development and expansion and funding requirements. I plan to establish an economic development fund in which all businesses will participate and have access to this fund. This fund will work in concert with the City’s Economic Development Department, Greensboro Chamber of Commerce, GCDIF, Partnership, Banks, and the State and Federal government. Safety Ninety percent of our police officers are among the best that can be found anywhere. However, ten percent of our police officers need to reevaluate their career aspirations. I personally encountered one of these ten percent in my last term serving on city council. All citizens must be treated with respect. This is not an option.[8] |
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| —Jim Kee's campaign website, (2017)[10] | ||
2014
Kee's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[11]
Economic Development
- Excerpt: "Communities thrive when the businesses in them thrive. The Kee Campaign believes that insuring economic development in District 2 means expanding the reach of Greensboro’s Economic Development Office, sponsoring an Economic Summit to aid in the creation of a comprehensive economic development plan, and attracting and keeping businesses in the district." It also includes:
- Job creation and training
- Professional development opportunities
- Entrepreneurial training and loan assistance
Public Safety
- Excerpt: "The desire for safety and security is a basic human need. We all want to feel safe in our communities. The Kee Campaign believes that District 2 should be in partnership with the city, the county law enforcement, and various community organizations to maintain a positive quality of life. The city has a responsibility to provide appropriate and efficient services like fire and police as well as prompt code enforcement." But the broad range of partnerships available must include the following:
- Increased police presence with the addition of a working substation to curtail and decrease criminal activity.
- Entrepreneurial, educational, and technology-focused programming to support youth in making good decisions.
- Neighborhood upkeep in the form of more streetlights, sidewalks, street repair, beautification and the monitoring/removal of abandoned buildings.
Environmental Responsibility
- Excerpt: "It goes without saying that we can all be better stewards of Mother Earth. Councilman Kee believes we must take responsibility for improving our own neighborhoods through environmental education, litter prevention, and neighborhood beautification." At the same time, the city as well as the county must do its part in terms of code enforcement and must also be held accountable for:
- Utilization of space in the district and careful site planning.
- Construction techniques that minimize noise, vibrations, and fumes.
- Energy efficient building design.
- Investigating new technologies that convert waste to renewable energy sources and provide jobs.
Strong City. Strong Communities
- Excerpt: "No one knows a community better than the people who live there. Investing in our communities and enabling the communities a voice, achieves better results for our children and families. How do we do this? We do it by focusing our efforts on neighborhood strategies like community development, workforce development, asset building, organizational ability, resident engagement and resource advancement to help communities build their internal capacity to better leverage and access funding through developing data and collaborative partnerships."
Dynamic School System Leads to Healthy City
- Excerpt: "Good schools are at the heart of a healthy city. We need to develop new tools and resources to help shape tomorrow’s community leaders. We have to pull together as a community and better support parents and teachers in preparing our young people for a successful future."
See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jim Kee, "Meet Jim," accessed October 5, 2017
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 31, 2024
- ↑ 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
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Official Primary Election Results For 2014," accessed June 12, 2014
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "General Election Candidate List Grouped by Contest," accessed June 12, 2014
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Jim Kee, “Platform,” accessed February 19, 2024
- ↑ Jim Kee, "Platform," accessed October 5, 2017
- ↑ Official campaign website, "Jim Kee Campaign Platform," accessed April 21, 2014
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| Preceded by - |
Greensboro City Council, District 2 2009-2013 |
Succeeded by Jamal Fox |
