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Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
I was contacted by The Advocate several days ago to see if I was interested in doing a piece for the mag on Chapel Hill's incoming mayor, Mark Kleinschmidt , who is openly gay and won only by a hair (106 votes), in what is one of the most liberal cities in NC. Well, it certainly wasn't hard to say yes to that scoop. I emailed Mark and we met not far from my office in downtown...
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Right Angles (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
106 votes is all that separated Mark Kleinschmidt and Matt Czajkowski following a canvass by Orange County Board of Elections, according to this Herald-Sun story. The final tally: Kleinschmidt — 4,176 votes, or 48.63 percent Czajkowski — 4,070 votes, or 47.40 percent
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Right Angles (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Mark Kleinschmidt will take over the helm of Chapel Hill from outgoing mayor Kevin Foy, who is rumored to be considering a run for the Democratic nomination to challenge Sen. Richard Burr. It is fascinating, however, to note that Kleinschmidt beat fellow councilman Matt Czajkowski by just 3 points: 49 to 46. That represents a [...]
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GreeneSpace (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
It has been my pleasure to serve on the Town Council for six years with Mark Kleinschmidt, and now I want to add my voice to those urging you to vote for him for mayor. Mark has been in leadership positions on important initiatives, helping to create the conditions that have led Chapel Hill—just this year—to being named both America’s Most Livable City and Best...
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Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
... the Jim Neal, an openly gay businessman, campaign for Senate, as the Volunteer Coordinator for the Mark Kleinschmidt campaign whose victory made Chapel Hill the largest city yet in NC to have an openly gay mayor (it was already the first city in the south to elect an openly gay official), my role w/ the prop 8 protest in Raleigh which was the largest gay rights rally (not counting...
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Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
... out of the secrecy bag about my making the list... * I just returned from a nice long lunch with Mark Kleinschmidt , the gay mayor-elect of Chapel Hill. My interview with him will appear in an upcoming edition of The Advocate . Mark is a really down- to-earth guy who has a clear vision for this growing progressive town. But even here he had to deal with gay-baiting during the...
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Right Angles (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
We’re still waiting to find out if the counting of provisional ballots in the Chapel Hill mayoral race will lead to a recount request from Matt Czajkowski who, at this point, is just 141 votes behind unofficial winner Mark Kleinschmidt, according to WCHL. But there’s another interesting situation brewing over the council’s need to fill [...]
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Right Angles (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Well this is an interesting development out of Chapel Hill. The Daily Tar Heel reports that the Orange County Board of Elections has decided to count provisional ballots in the mayoral race between Mark Kleinschmidt and Matt Cjazkowski. Kleinschmidt won. According to the story, Kleinschmidt’s margin is razor thin — only 99 votes — so [...]
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lotusmedia 2.0 (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Last weekend, I was looking at Izzy and he seemed to age before my eyes. On Saturday, I took him with me canvassing door-to-door for my old friend Mark Kleinschmidt who was running for Mayor of Chapel Hill . Izzy enjoyed it most of the way, and I figured it couldn't hurt to entice voters with an adorable, friendly baby. It seems to have worked, because on Tuesday Izzy turned 7 months...
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Right Angles (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Two days after Mark Kleinschmidt narrowly got past Matt Czajkowski by 244 votes to become the new Chapel Hill mayor comes this story from the Daily Tar Heel, which declares taxpayer funding of campaigns a success. Kleinschmidt took public money and Czajkowski did not. The candidates finishing atop Tuesday’s Chapel Hill municipal elections are the only [...]
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Joe. My. God. (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Among last night's good news, and there was a lot folks, really, was the election of Chapel Hill, North Carolina's openly gay mayor, Mark Kleinschmidt. Here's a great recounting of the final moments from Indy Week. Supporters erupted. His mother burst into tears. His sister shouted. Mark Kleinschmidt just smiled contently, arms crossed but giving the kind of ear-to-ear grin...
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365 Gay News (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
From the Daily Tar Heel: Mark Kleinschmidt will be the next mayor of Chapel Hill, with about 49.5 percent of the vote compared to Matt Czajkowski’s 46.5 percent. The numbers indicate a hard-fought race as Czajkowski’s support from the business community rivaled Kleinschmidt’s support from the town’s traditional political forces.
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WickedGayBlog.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Maine voters may have chosen to take marriage rights away from their neighbors, but not all was gloomy for LGBTs: three wins around the country brought victory to gay and lesbian politicians and their constituents. In Chapel Hill, N.C., GLBT equality advocate Mark Kleinschmidt won as mayor against Matt Czajkowski and two others contenders, taking 49% of the overall vote, reported the...
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Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
We'll be adding final results here as well as tidbits on some of the races out there. There's great news here in NC: pro-LGBT incumbents win in Durham, and Chapel Hill has an openly gay mayor. I just heard from Jake Gellar-Goad of the Mark Kleinschmidt campaign and Mark is going to be the next mayor of Chapel Hill . He won by 101 votes in a squeaker. Woohoo! In Durham, all of...
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Rod 2.0:Beta (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Tuesday night was a good night for LGBT elected officials. In addition to Charles Pugh's dramatic victory in Detroit, Mark Kleinschmidt's election as the mayor of Chapel Hill and Annise Parker's advance to the run-off for the mayor of Houston...
