Thessa Pickett
Thessa Pickett was a 2015 candidate for District 2 of the Greensboro City Council in North Carolina. Thessa Pickett lost the general election on November 3, 2015.
Biography
Pickett works with the Housing First Team of Guilford County as a SOAR (Social Security Income/Social Security Disability Income Outreach, Access and Recovery) case manager and non-attorney representative. She has past experience as a social security case manager for Crumley & Associates Law Firm and is a founding member and executive director of the Inter-Organizational Network for Justice.[1]
Campaign themes
2015
Pickett listed the following campaign priorities on her website:[2]
| “ | My dream is to create a techonologically [sic] advanced center for children. One that fosters a concrete appetite for self study while increasing knowledge of technology in children.
We can enhance existing community garden projects, and plant more gardens to eradicate food deserts in our community. We desperately need job and vocational training to allow families economic independence. We need to do secure funding for improving our neighborhoods. There is no such thing as a homeless problem, there is only an affordable and accessible housing problem. And of course, we need to get accountability out of our police, sheriff, judicial, and prison system. They work for us, we do not work for them.[3] |
” |
| —Thessa Pickett[2] | ||
Elections
2015
The 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.[4] In the District 2 race, incumbent Jamal Fox defeated Thessa Pickett in the general election on November 3, 2015.[5][6]
| Greensboro City Council District 2, General election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Jamal Fox Incumbent |
88.0% | 2,723 |
| Thessa Pickett | 11.5% | 356 |
| Write-in votes | 0.48% | 15 |
| Total Votes | 3,094 | |
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Official general election results", accessed November 16, 2015 | ||
Personal
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Pickett's community involvement includes work with the following organizations:[1]
- YWCA
- Naaman’s Recovery Village
- K.E.Y.A. Foundation
- Guilford Child Development
- Khalif Event Center Temple No. 144
- One Step Further, Inc.
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Human Relations Commission
Recent news
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See also
- Greensboro, North Carolina
- Greensboro, North Carolina municipal elections, 2015
- United States municipal elections, 2015
External links
- Official campaign website
- Thessa Pickett on Facebook
- Guilford County Elections - Official candidate list
Additional reading
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Official campaign website of Thessa Pickett, "The Voice," accessed September 1, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Official campaign website of Thessa Pickett, "The Vision," accessed September 1, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 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
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