Wil Russell
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Wil Russell (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Charlotte City Council to represent District 4 in North Carolina. Russell lost in the Democratic primary on September 12, 2023.
Elections
2023
See also: City elections in Charlotte, North Carolina (2023)
General election
General election for Charlotte City Council District 4
Incumbent Renee Perkins Johnson won election in the general election for Charlotte City Council District 4 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Renee Perkins Johnson (D) | 97.9 | 8,762 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.1 | 189 | ||
| Total votes: 8,951 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Charlotte City Council District 4
Incumbent Renee Perkins Johnson defeated Wil Russell and Olivia Scott in the Democratic primary for Charlotte City Council District 4 on September 12, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Renee Perkins Johnson | 52.3 | 2,106 |
 | Wil Russell | 40.9 | 1,649 | |
 | Olivia Scott | 6.8 | 274 | |
| Total votes: 4,029 | |||
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Endorsements
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Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Russell in this election.
2017
The city of Charlotte, North Carolina, held elections for mayor and city council on November 7, 2017. A primary was held on September 12, 2017. A primary runoff was held on October 10, 2017, for the district 5 race. A candidate needed to receive over 40% of the vote in order to avoid a runoff election. All 11 seats on the city council were up for election. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was July 21, 2017.
Incumbent Greg Phipps defeated Priscilla Johnson, Damiko Faulkner, and Wil Russell in the Charlotte City Council District 4 Democratic primary election.[1]
| Charlotte City Council, District 4 Democratic Primary Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Greg Phipps Incumbent |
40.32% | 1,879 |
| Priscilla Johnson | 29.44% | 1,372 |
| Damiko Faulkner | 19.12% | 891 |
| Wil Russell | 11.12% | 518 |
| Total Votes | 4,660 | |
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed September 18, 2017 | ||
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Wil Russell did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2017
Russell's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[2]
Policing
- Excerpt: "My first priority will be to repair the broken relationship between communities of color and CMPD. To do this, I plan to focus on the three pillars of the National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice (NIBCTJ): Enhancing procedural justice; Reducing the impact of implicit bias, and Fostering reconciliation."
Transportation
- Excerpt: "Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) utilizes a ‘hub-and-spoke’ model for its bus routes, similar to the airlines who often fly passengers from one city to another with a connection in between. The Uptown Transit Center is the equivalent of an airline connection, except all bus routes start and end there. I propose eliminating the Uptown Transit Center as the source of all connections and transitioning to direct bus-to-bus transfers."
Zoning ordinance
- Excerpt: "Because the zoning ordinance affects so many issues in our area, I believe its revision should be given top priority. City planning anticipates it will take four years to complete the new Unified Development Ordinance. This is too long. If we wait four years for new development standards, the current process of building structures with large parking lots, adding traffic to crowded streets and ever more contentious rezoning petitions will be locked into place."
Small business
- Excerpt: "If we want to build a competitive future for our district, we need to have laser-like focus on supporting our locally-owned small business. Our economic development efforts are often focused on large corporations, at the expense of small businesses. There is a thought that small businesses don’t create enough jobs to justify the city’s investment. As a result, we leave our local business owners without the support they deserve."
Recent news
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See also
2023 Elections
External links
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