The mayor of Chicago is the chief executive of city government in Chicago,Illinois,the third-largest city in the United States. The mayor is responsible for the administration and management of various city departments,submits proposals and recommendations to the Chicago City Council,is active in the enforcement of the city's ordinances,submits the city's annual budget and appoints city officers,department commissioners or directors,and members of city boards and commissions.
The Diocese of Raleigh is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory,or diocese,of the Catholic Church that covers eastern North Carolina in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archbishop of Atlanta.
Luis Rafael Zarama Pasqualetto is a Colombian-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as the bishop of the Diocese of Raleigh in North Carolina since 2017. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Atlanta from 2009 to 2017
James Michael Woodard is an American politician who has served in the North Carolina Senate from the 22nd district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,he represents most of Durham County.
Stephen M. Schewel is an American politician,businessman,and academic. A Democrat,he is the former Mayor of Durham,North Carolina and formerly served on the Durham City Council and as the Vice Chair of the Durham Public School Board. Schewel is also a faculty member at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy and a former faculty member at North Carolina Central University. He founded the weekly newspaper Indy Week in 1983,and served as its president until he sold the paper in 2012. In 2010 he co-founded the Hopscotch Music Festival.
The 2019 mayoral election in the city of Raleigh,North Carolina,was held on Tuesday,October 8,2019. Former City Council member Mary-Ann Baldwin placed first in the election,followed by attorney Charles Francis. Although Baldwin did not receive a majority of the vote,Francis declined to seek a runoff,leaving Baldwin elected as the city's next mayor.
Lydia E. Lavelle is an American academic and politician. She was the mayor of Carrboro,North Carolina,from 2013 to 2021,and is a professor of law at North Carolina Central University. She was first elected mayor in 2013,after serving on the Board of Aldermen of Carrboro for six years from 2007 to 2013. When she was elected,she became the first openly-lesbian mayor in North Carolina. She served on the board of the North Carolina Metropolitan Mayors Coalition and on the North Carolina Commission on Inclusion,to which she was appointed in 2018. As a law professor,she has researched the effects of anti-discrimination laws on LGBT people.
Vernetta Alston is an American Democratic politician and attorney. She served on the Durham City Council from 2017 to 2020,when she succeeded MaryAnn Black in the North Carolina House of Representatives.
Saige Martin is an American artist,fund director,and politician. A Democrat,Martin was one of the first openly gay people,the first Latinx person,and the youngest person ever to sit on the Raleigh City Council. He served from 2019 until 2020,when he resigned due to the alleged sexual assault of several men and misconduct.
Nida Allam is an American politician,political activist,and data analyst. She currently serves on the Durham County Board of Commissioners,to which she was elected in 2020,making her the first Muslim woman to serve in public office in North Carolina. Allam is one of five women to serve on the Durham County Board of Commissioners;this is the first time the board has consisted entirely of women in its 139-year history.
The 2022 mayoral election in the city of Raleigh,North Carolina,was originally scheduled to be held on Tuesday,October 5,2021,but was postponed until November 8,2022 by the passage of a state law in June 2021 that permanently moved Raleigh municipal elections to even years. The law also changed the requirement that winners attain a majority of the vote in a runoff if necessary,instead allowing election by a simple plurality. Incumbent mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin sought election to a second term in office. She was challenged by Terrance Ruth and DaQuanta Copeland.
The 2021 Durham mayoral election was held on Tuesday November 2,to elect the next mayor of Durham,
Elaine M. O'Neal is an American attorney,academic administrator,judge,and politician who served as the mayor of Durham,North Carolina from 2021 to 2023. O'Neal is the city's first female African-American mayor. Prior to serving as mayor,O'Neal was the first woman appointed as chief district court judge in Durham County and the first woman North Carolina Superior Court judge in Durham County. She served as an interim dean of the North Carolina Central University School of Law from 2018 to 2020.
Edna Branch Jackson is an American politician from Georgia. Jackson is a Democratic member of the Georgia House of Representatives for District 165. She was previously the Mayor of Savannah from 2012 to 2015,the first female African-American to hold the office.
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church &Immaculata Catholic School are a Catholic parish church and parochial school run by the Order of Friars Minor in downtown Durham,North Carolina. The church and school are located in the Burch Avenue Historic District. Immaculate Conception is the oldest Catholic congregation in Durham,and the affiliated school was the city's first Catholic school.
Javiera Caballero is a Chilean-born American politician and former educator. She is the first Latina member of the Durham City Council,having been appointed to the council in 2018. In 2021,she had an unsuccessful campaign to run for Mayor of Durham,but lost to Elaine O'Neal.
Monique Holsey-Hyman is an American social worker,professor,and politician. Prior to her work in politics and academia,Holsey-Hyman worked as a social worker in New York City. She was a caseworker for the New York City Human Resources Administration,served as Director of the Intensive Care Management Program at the Steinway Child and Family Services Center of Queens,served as the Bronx Director of Case Management,and was the Center Director for the Community Healthcare Network. Holsey-Hyman also served as a consultant for Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Centers,Brooklyn Hospital Center,and the New York City Housing Authority.
Sepideh Shyne is an Iranian-born American attorney,civil rights advocate,and member of the West Hollywood City Council who has been serving as West Hollywood's mayor since 2023. Shyne is the first LGBTQ+ Iranian-American to be elected to office as well as the first woman of color elected to the West Hollywood City Council,with her election making the first female-majority council in the city's history. She was an unsuccessful candidate to represent California's 30th congressional district in the 2024 election to succeed Adam Schiff who vacated the seat to run for the U.S. Senate.
DeDreana Irene Freeman is an American politician,civic leader,and non-profit executive. She was elected to serve on the Durham City Council in 2017 and was re-elected to the council in 2021. Freeman also serves as the Director of Thread Capital and the Director of Partnership Development at CornerSquare Community Capital of the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center. She is active in the National League of Cities,as part of the Transportation and Infrastructure Federal Advocacy Program,and served on the League's Racial Equity and Leadership Council. Freeman served as president of the North Carolina League of Cities' Women in Municipal Government Committee. An Episcopalian,she co-founded Episcopalians United Against Racism and the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina's Racial Justice and Reconciliation Committee,the latter of which she has served as co-chair since 2016.
The 2023 Durham mayoral election was held on November 7,2023,to elect the mayor of Durham,North Carolina. Incumbent mayor Elaine O'Neal,the first black woman elected to the position,chose to retire after a single two-year term.
