Challenger Justin Outling has conceded to incumbent Nancy Vaughan in the race for Greensboro mayor. Outling, a city councilman in District 3, had been trying to unseat Vaughan, who has been mayor since 2013, and he came close to doing just that. In complete but unofficial results from last week’s election, Outling trailed by just over 400 votes. But that was enough to be outside of the 1 percent threshold needed to call for a recount.
Incumbent Mayor Nancy Vaughan narrowly defeated challenger Justin Outling in Greensboro’s mayoral election Tuesday. Vaughan won with an edge of about 400 votes out of more than 32,000 cast, according to complete but unofficial results. The tally does not include absentee or provisional ballots. Vaughan was first elected mayor in 2013 and previously served as an at-large member of the City Council. Outling served as a councilmember representing District 3 before making the run for mayor.
Some vanity license plate submissions related to the LGBTQ community are likely to be rejected in North Carolina. That’s according to a review of the state’s so-called “Do Not Issue” personalized license plate list, which contains over 9,000 terms officials have deemed too indecent to be printed.
The U.S. House is expected to vote Thursday on a bill that would establish a national right to contraception. Representative Kathy Manning, a Democrat who represents the Triad’s 6th District, is the lead sponsor. WFDD’s Paul Garber spoke with Manning about the proposal.
U.S. Representative Kathy Manning has sent a letter to federal health officials with concerns about a planned refugee center in Greensboro. The letter is directed to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement. That’s the agency that’s leasing the former American Hebrew Academy to temporarily house unaccompanied minor children.