Scott Burroughs (Asheville City Council, North Carolina, candidate 2026)
 |
U.S. Senate • U.S. House • State Senate • State House • Supreme court • Appellate courts • State ballot measures • School boards • Municipal • All local elections by county • How to run for office |
 |
Scott Burroughs ran for election to the Asheville City Council in North Carolina. Burroughs was on the ballot in the primary on March 3, 2026.[source]
Burroughs completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. Click here to read the survey answers.
[1]Biography
Scott Burroughs provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on January 28, 2026:
- High school: The Charter School of Wilmington
- Graduate: Tulane University, 2010
- Bachelor's: University of Delaware, 2004
- Profession: Architect
- Incumbent officeholder: No
- Campaign website
- Campaign Facebook
Elections
Nonpartisan primary
Nonpartisan primary election for Asheville City Council (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the primary for Asheville City Council on March 3, 2026.
Candidate | ||
Drew Ball (Nonpartisan)  | ||
| Maggie Ullman Berthiaume (Nonpartisan) | ||
 | Jeffrey Burroughs (Nonpartisan) | |
 | Scott Burroughs (Nonpartisan) | |
| R. Blake Butler (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Tiffany DeBellott (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Dan Ferrell (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Angel Gonzales (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Nina Ireland (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Shaunda Jackson (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Tyler Ladd (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Jess Young McLean (Nonpartisan) | ||
| David Moritz (Nonpartisan) | ||
| S. Antanette Mosley (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Bobby Smith (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Sheneika E. Smith (Nonpartisan) | ||
| CJ Snyder (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Kyle Turner (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Jared Wheatley (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Keith Young (Nonpartisan) | ||
| ||||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Election results
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Burroughs in this election.
Campaign themes
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Scott Burroughs completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Burroughs' responses.
| Collapse all
We need decision-makers who understand how things actually get built, and how to anticipate problems before they become crises. I’m running to bring experience, clarity, and steady leadership to the tough rebuilding decisions ahead. I have more than 15 years of experience practicing architecture across four continents, with a career focused on turning complex challenges into workable solutions.
We can’t afford to have our recovery held up and held back because of individuals political ambitions or fear of the reaction of special interests. We can’t afford to have strategies worked out in committees just to die at council. We can’t afford to spend money on consultants and studies just to see them filed away never to be acted on. We need a council that rejects complacency and meets the crisis of the moment with proactivity.- I believe in community-first planning. When more than 45 acres of urban forest at UNCA were threatened by an ill-conceived development proposal, I organized a Community Visioning Workshop to give residents a real voice in the process. I also helped re-establish the Jackson Park Neighborhood Association and serve as its Co-Chair. Through volunteering at the Asheville Botanical Gardens, participating in the Asheville Tool Library, and coaching little league, I work to strengthen community resilience from the ground up.
- As a small business owner, I understand both the stress and the reward of running a service-based company. My architecture firm, This Land Studio and my construction and home-services consulting practice Better Bid Pro succeed by listening, building trust, staying true to my word, and simplifying my client’s lives. As a husband and father of two young boys, I know the daily challenges working families face. My badass and compassionate wife Meagan has a successful career of her own and it’s only through our partnership that we can provide things that were taken for granted a generation ago.
- Diversity is our strength and with an uncertain economic horizon, we need to be prepared to meet the future with innovation and creativity. A diversified economy makes room for all to enjoy the benefits. Asheville was founded on railroads, textiles, and logging. Tourism booms have defined the economic eras from then until today, but we cannot rely on tourism to carry our economy and we need Tourism Development Authority investments to benefit us the locals. The City of Asheville needs to do more to help local small businesses grow and thrive while also attracting outside investment. The city needs to creatively utilize its abundant resources of properties and underutilized buildings into assets for economic and social impact.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
See also
2026 Elections
External links
Footnotes
