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Philip Azar
Philip Azar was a 2015 candidate for an at-large seat on the Durham City Council in North Carolina. The general election took place on November 3, 2015.
Biography
Azar received a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. His professional experience includes working as an attorney at FedEx, for the Government of Dubai and Habitat for Humanity Durham Inc. He also worked as a taxi driver at Yellow Cab in Tampa, Fla. He was the director of the Trinity Park Neighborhood Association from 2007 to 2010 and executive director of Clean Energy Durham in 2013.[1]
Campaign themes
2015
Azar's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[2]
Quality growth
- Excerpt: "We need to ensure that Durham develops in a way that protects and improves our quality of life while respecting our history and our environment. We must not undervalue our past, our real estate, our environment or ourselves."
Transportation
- Excerpt: "We should design our transportation systems to meet the needs of all modes of transportation from public transit, to walking, to bicycling. This emphatically includes continuing to build out sidewalks in neighborhoods where transportation options are limited."
Community policing
- Excerpt: "We need to improve relations between our neighborhoods, communities and law enforcement. Building positive relationships between the people of Durham and law enforcement officers has always been, is and will be key to those objectives. We should continue implementing the recommendations the FADE Coalition – recommendations the Human Relations Commission, City Council and the City Manager reviewed and essentially supported."
Affordable housing
- Excerpt: "Affordable housing brings equity into how we grow. There is always room for private investment and for public-private partnerships. Here in Durham, affordable housing is also part of the solution and a core Durham value. It is among the ways we honor our everyone — new homeowners, new renters, people who build homes, and tax payers and other residents who put a diverse community of mixed incomes high on our list of priorities. If new affordable housing is not reaching people we want to reach, we must explore more robust repairs programs and try other approaches."
Protecting Durham's heritage
- Excerpt: "Durham has a proud and diverse heritage. It’s part of what gives our city its unique personality. We need to make sure that we protect the architecture, traditions and neighborhoods that make Durham Durham. We are dynamic, we are changing, but there are prices that we can refuse to pay."
Elections
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 | |||
Recent news
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See also
- Durham, North Carolina
- Durham, North Carolina municipal elections, 2015
- United States municipal elections, 2015
External links
- Durham County Board of Elections - Official candidate list
- Official campaign website
- Philip Azar on Facebook
- Philip Azar on Twitter
Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn.com, "Philip Azar," accessed August 20, 2015
- ↑ Philip Azar campaign website, "Values and Priorities," accessed August 20, 2015
- ↑ 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
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