The Greensboro mayoral race just got more interesting.
At the Guilford County Republican Party membership meeting on Monday, June 13, Chris Meadows announced that he was running a write-in campaign for mayor.
It’s late in the game to be launching a campaign – with a little more than three weeks before early voting starts on July 7 for the July 26 City Council election,
The two names on the ballot in the mayor’s race are Mayor Nancy Vaughan and District 3 City Councilmember Justin Outling.
Two candidates, Eric Robert and Mark Cummings, were eliminated in the May 17 primary.
Greensboro municipal elections are nonpartisan, but it is well known that Vaughan, Outling and every member of the current City Council are Democrats.
Meadows, by contrast, is the first vice president of the Guilford County Republican Party. In 2020, Meadows was the Republican candidate for District 57 state House seat and lost to Democrat District 57 state House Representative Ashton Clemmons.
In a letter announcing his candidacy, Meadows states, “Greensboro deserves to be prosperous. Greensboro deserves to be safe. Greensboro deserves to have good stewards of our tax dollars. Greensboro deserves a better Mayor. In a non-partisan election, it’s important to elect the person that will put the interests of Greensboro, before a partisan, political agenda.”
Meadows notes the current public safety crisis in Greensboro with record setting numbers of homicides, shootings and unanswered 911 calls.
He states, “We are down about 150 police officers in the Greensboro Police Department, we are short about 100 patrol cars, and the current City Council ran off one of the best Police Chiefs Greensboro has had in many years. He left to go be the Police Chief for UNC-Chapel Hill. How is that a promotion? It’s not. He left because the Greensboro City Council is anti-police and does not give them the tools to do their job and puts policies in place to restrain them from doing their jobs.”
The Guilford County Republican Party executive committee put some bite in Meadows’ bark by unanimously voting to spend $12,000 on a get out the vote campaign for the July 26 City Council election.
With paper ballots now being used, it is much simpler to vote for a write-in candidate than it was when Guilford County used electronic voting machines.
In 1997, a write-in candidate for mayor finished second in the general election defeating one, but not both, of the candidates on the ballot.
How many signatures does he need to be on the ballot as a write in candidate?
Presume for November election?
The City Council election is July 26. Early voting starts July 7. Chris Meadows doesn’t need any signatures to be a write-in. Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck are perennial write-in favorites and neither one has ever gotten a signature.
I recall you came very close to winning your write-in candidacy one time? You would always get my vote.
Thanks. It was a lot of fun and an enlightening experience. Covering a race is nothing at all like being in a race.
Rush Limbaugh did coin the phrase “low information voter” for a reason I suppose.
Yeah. Today we call them Trump voters. 😉
No. The low information voters are the ones who watch MSM only, and consequently have no clue what the Democrats are up to. Biden, Nancy, AOC , Chuck, etc love those low info voters, who are Democrats just because their parents were.
Trump voters are much more likely informed about the issues. Trump kept voters informed because the MSM didn’t.
Hello, Mr. Meadows. I would like to get a sign to put in my yard. Good luck
Paula, thank you for your interest. We have signs on order and should be here late next week. We need a big change on our city council and people that care more about the future of Greensboro than they do about a partisan, political agenda. You can email me your address and I’ll deliver a sign when they arrive. meadowscm4@gmail.com
Chris, I’m so glad that you’re running as a write-in candidate for mayor, very smart! I voted for Eric Robert in the primary because Greensboro desperately needs a change in leadership and policy. Please reserve a yard sign or two for our family and neighborhood (Coble Farm).
A breath of fresh air. Where do I send my donation? The residents of Greensboro should be thrilled about this turn of events.
Thanks for your offer to send a donation. If you would like to donate, make out check to Write-In Meadows for Mayor. Email me and I’ll provide an address. meadowscm4@gmail.com. Let’s change the City Council
go team !
Anyone who has a Pat Buchanan and a Charles Krauthammer book in his library wins my vote.
Good luck to Chris Meadows !
Thank you, Austin. Be sure to Vote.
I’m in!!!
Good luck! ha ha
Finally, someone who willing to address the issues that majority of citizens are concerned with rather then siding with the loud minority. He’s got my vote!
Thanks, KH. Be sure to VOTE!!
Looks like a great time for a republican to run in Greensboro. There is a red wave building across the country, the current events with tax rates and infrastructure are on folks minds, and the other candidates are both democrats who may split a lot of those votes. A republican could win in this instance that at most any other juncture would be impossible in Greensboro. Challenge is to get the word out in a short time and motivate conservative voters to get to the polls in a low turnout election. In July lol. I wish him the best
Everyone, please forward this issue of the Rhino.Times to your friends, neighbors, and members of your church. There is likely to be an overwhelming response to a common sense candidate who relates to GSO residents and their problems. People just need to know that they actually have a choice!
He makes me feel better already about things in Greensboro. I wish him all the luck in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s June 16 and I have yet to read about this surprise campaign in the News & Record. Get the word out there first and you will get many more donations. We are desperate for this opportunity.
And as requested above, please give details on how to make a contribution to this cause.
Mr. Meadows, My wife and I will be writing in your name. My Neighbor will be doing the same. Make Greensboro great again.
What agenda are you actually running on? What are your plans for Greensboro that I should choose you over the other two candidates? By the way, neither of them have laid out a plan that I, a new resident & homeowner here in the city, find in the least way comprehensive in explaining their goals and where they stand on topics at the forefront of current news…i.e. economy, civil and equal rights, the Greensboro stand on abortion clinics etc