Wanda Hunter
Wanda Hunter ran for election to the Raleigh City Council to represent District C in North Carolina. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Hunter completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Wanda Hunter graduated from Garner Senior High School in 1998. Hunter earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in 2002. Her career experience includes working as a finance manager for Blueprint NC. Hunter has volunteered with the Hammond Road Community Taskforce and The Employment Security Commission in the Career Readiness Center.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: City elections in Raleigh, North Carolina (2022)
General election
General election for Raleigh City Council District C
Incumbent Corey Branch defeated Frank Fields III and Wanda Hunter in the general election for Raleigh City Council District C on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Corey Branch (Nonpartisan) | 44.7 | 11,415 |
 | Frank Fields III (Nonpartisan)  | 29.9 | 7,629 | |
 | Wanda Hunter (Nonpartisan) | 24.9 | 6,357 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 122 | ||
| Total votes: 25,523 | |||
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2019
See also: City elections in Raleigh, North Carolina (2019)
General election
General election for Raleigh City Council District C
Incumbent Corey Branch defeated Shelia Alamin-Khashoggi, Wanda Hunter, and Ricky Scott in the general election for Raleigh City Council District C on October 8, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Corey Branch (Nonpartisan) | 63.0 | 6,554 |
 | Shelia Alamin-Khashoggi (Nonpartisan) | 22.8 | 2,371 | |
| Wanda Hunter (Nonpartisan) | 11.3 | 1,172 | |
 | Ricky Scott (Nonpartisan) | 2.6 | 273 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 39 | ||
| Total votes: 10,409 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Wanda Hunter completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hunter's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Housing justice is a term that enforces equitable housing policies. Housing is a human right. Ignoring the people that are most impacted by being unhoused only exacerbates the issue. We need to preserve and build housing people can afford at every income level. Housing is a foundational issue that intersects with many other issues. On council, there can be many policies created that can be used as tools to address the housing crisis.
- Community engagement justice seeks to uphold the integrity of relationships and trust between government organizations and communities. Community engagement is utilized to develop and achieve sustainable outcomes, and equitable decision-making processes. Community engagement is based on the democratic idea that everyone should have a say in the decision making around issues that impact their community. This requires intentional interactions between communities and public decision makers. Community engagement provides participants with information they need to engage in a meaningful way with policy issues and communicates, via feedback, how their input affects public decisions. It is built upon participation that fosters collaboration.
- Economic justice is based on supply and demand, and its equitable allocation. For far too long, we have operated from a scarcity mindset. We have to shift our thinking towards abundance, knowing we have more than enough for everybody. Economic justice includes fiscal responsibility of leadership, and paying our workers a thriving just wage that values their worth. Fiscal responsibility of leadership means being better stewards of citizens' money and how it is spent.
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2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Wanda Hunter did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Hunter's campaign website stated the following:
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Intergenerational Leadership is the collaboration between generations in an effort to lead together. This is accomplished by the elders teaching the importance of the historical context of how this city was governed during their era; generation Xers responsibilties are to bridge the gap between the elders and millenials by learning from the elders, holding current leadership, and teaching the millenials; millenials are responsible for learning the historical context, while extracting the valued lessons to develop a more effective innovative strategy for leadership of the future. It is critical that intergenerational leadership is implemented in the City of Raleigh at this time in this space.
Housing Justice is a term that addresses all housing issues collectively. Housing justice addresses the lack of affordable housing, elderly housing issues, and unfair housing practices. District C is suffering in several areas of housing and it is time these areas be addressed.
Implementing a citizen review board with investigatory, subpoena, and disciplinary powers. Raleigh Police Department's officers are sworn to protect and serve, having a citizen's review board implemented will be a tool to hold officers accountable. Implementing this board will not only say but display transparency.
Effectively addressing our transit needs via the Bus Rapid Transit System, along with the needs of our transit workers. Also looking at additional bicycle routes, multi use paths, wide shoulders, and buffered bicycle lanes.
Developing a full department that addresses these issues throughout all of the City of Raleigh's departments. Requiring every employee to attend a dismantling racism training to get a foundational understanding of racism, its biases, and how it appears in everyday interactions. This department would also evaluate gender equity, and potentially the racial wealth and health disparities gap.
Evaluating what out infrastructure can sustain throughout our development peak and how will that effect our environment. What is the water quality looking like?, How will it effect our electrical grids?[2] |
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| —Wanda Hunter’s campaign website (2019)[3] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Wanda for Raleigh, "About," accessed August 25, 2019
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Wanda Hunter’s campaign website, “Issues,” accessed August 25, 2019
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