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Mike Barber
Mike Barber was an at-large representative on the Greensboro City Council in North Carolina. First elected in 2013, he lost a re-election campaign in the general election on November 7, 2017.[1]
Barber previously served as a member of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners.[2]
Biography
At the time of his 2017 run for re-election, Barber was the executive director of the golf education organization The First Tee of the Triad. His experience also includes service as an adjunct professor at Elon University, the annual giving chair for Family Children Services, a member of the Greensboro Sports Commission Board and the Greensboro Sports Council, and the chair of the North Carolina Licensing Board for General Contractors, the Greensboro Minimum Housing Standards Commission, the Wyndham Championship, and the Nike Greensboro Open.[2]
Elections
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] The following candidates ran in the general election for the at-large seats on the Greensboro City Council.[5]
| Greensboro City Council At-Large, General Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Yvonne Johnson Incumbent |
26.59% | 21,390 |
| Marikay Abuzuaiter Incumbent |
19.56% | 15,733 |
| Michelle Kennedy |
16.45% | 13,236 |
| Mike Barber Incumbent | 16.33% | 13,134 |
| Dave Wils | 10.96% | 8,814 |
| T. Dianne Bellamy-Small | 9.53% | 7,666 |
| Write-in votes | 0.6% | 480 |
| Total Votes | 80,453 | |
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "11/07/2017 Official Municipal Election Results - Guilford," accessed November 22, 2017 | ||
The following candidates ran in the primary election for the at-large seats on the Greensboro City Council.[5]
| 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 | ||
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2015The city of Greensboro, North Carolina, held elections for mayor and city council on November 3, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was August 7, 2015.[6] In the at-large race, incumbents Yvonne Johnson, Mike Barber and Marikay Abuzuaiter won re-election over challengers Marc Ridgill, Sylvine Hill and Brian Hoss in the general election on November 3, 2015.[7][8]
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Campaign themes
2017
Barber's campaign website listed the following priorities:
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| —Mike Barber's campaign website, (2017)[10] | ||
Endorsements
2017
Barber received endorsements from the following in 2017:
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See also
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External links
- Campaign website
- Social media
Footnotes
- ↑ City of Greensboro, "Barber," accessed January 13, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Greensboro News & Record, "At-Large: Mike Barber," August 25, 2017
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Guilford County Elections, "2014-15 Election Schedule," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ Guilford County Elections, "Official candidate list," accessed August 11, 2015
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "NC SBE Election Results", accessed November 3, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Re-Elect Mike Barber, "Home," accessed October 6, 2017
- ↑ Rhino Times, "2017 City Council Primary Endorsements," October 5, 2017
- ↑ Greensboro News & Record, "Inside Scoop: Groups Make More Endorsements for Greensboro Council Races," September 18, 2017
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