Story updated with the heated arguments about how Jennifer Job was appointed to the Wake County school board on the 1st ballot without board discussion. Some say lack of transparency. Others said no predetermined outcome. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e... #wcpss #nced #ncpol #wakepol
A former Enloe teacher is now the 32-year-old chair of the Wake school board
Tyler Swanson was 29 when he first took his seat on the Wake County school board in 2022 after defeating Michele Morrow.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Story updated with the heated arguments about how Jennifer Job was appointed to the Wake County school board on the 1st ballot without board discussion. Some say lack of transparency. Others said no predetermined outcome. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e... #wcpss #nced #ncpol #wakepol
A former Enloe High School teacher is now the 32-year-old chair of the Wake County school board. Tyler Swanson became the youngest person elected to the Wake school board in 2022. He's now the youngest Wake school board chair. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e... #wcpss #nced #wakepol #ncpol
A former Enloe teacher is now the 32-year-old chair of the Wake school board
Tyler Swanson was 29 when he first took his seat on the Wake County school board in 2022 after defeating Michele Morrow.
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December 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
A former Enloe High School teacher is now the 32-year-old chair of the Wake County school board. Tyler Swanson became the youngest person elected to the Wake school board in 2022. He's now the youngest Wake school board chair. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e... #wcpss #nced #wakepol #ncpol
Tyler Swanson unanimously elected as new chair of the Wake County school board. Just 5 years ago, Swanson was teaching special education at Enloe High School. Swanson was vice chair. He replaces Chris Heagarty, who is limited by policy to 2 years as chair. #wcpss #nced #wakepol #ncpol
December 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Former Wake County school board member Christine Kushner filed on Monday for one of the 2 new at-large seats on the Wake County Board of Commissioners. Steve Rao also filed on Monday. Democratic Party primary is March 3. airtable.com/appBJyc3EzkS... #ncpol #wakepol #nced #wcpss
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December 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Former Wake County school board member Christine Kushner filed on Monday for one of the 2 new at-large seats on the Wake County Board of Commissioners. Steve Rao also filed on Monday. Democratic Party primary is March 3. airtable.com/appBJyc3EzkS... #ncpol #wakepol #nced #wcpss
No confirmation of ICE coming to Raleigh, Wake County sheriff says. Siembra NC said it had learned from "a source that we trust" that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents would be in the area starting Monday. (Via @solomonlexib.bsky.social) www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a... #ncpol #wakepol
No confirmation of ICE coming to Raleigh, Wake sheriff says
But if ICE agents do come to Wake County, residents should cooperate with them, Sheriff Willie Rowe said in a statement Monday.
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December 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
No confirmation of ICE coming to Raleigh, Wake County sheriff says. Siembra NC said it had learned from "a source that we trust" that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents would be in the area starting Monday. (Via @solomonlexib.bsky.social) www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a... #ncpol #wakepol
Meet Wake County’s newest school board member. She has a history of progressive causes. Jennifer Job is a former teacher who runs a political consulting firm. Job says she will represent families of all political affiliations. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e... #wcpss #nced #ncpol #wakepol
Meet Wake’s newest school board member. She has a history of progressive causes.
Jennifer Job says she will represent all residents, regardless of their political affiliation, as Wake County’s newest school board member.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Meet Wake County’s newest school board member. She has a history of progressive causes. Jennifer Job is a former teacher who runs a political consulting firm. Job says she will represent families of all political affiliations. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e... #wcpss #nced #ncpol #wakepol
My new campaign website is officially live! 🚀
Wake County deserves thoughtful, connected leadership, and this site is your hub for my priorities, upcoming events, and ways to get involved in the campaign. #wakepol #raleigh #wakecounty #ncpol #ralpol
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Wake County deserves thoughtful, connected leadership, and this site is your hub for my priorities, upcoming events, and ways to get involved in the campaign. #wakepol #raleigh #wakecounty #ncpol #ralpol
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November 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
My new campaign website is officially live! 🚀
Wake County deserves thoughtful, connected leadership, and this site is your hub for my priorities, upcoming events, and ways to get involved in the campaign. #wakepol #raleigh #wakecounty #ncpol #ralpol
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Wake County deserves thoughtful, connected leadership, and this site is your hub for my priorities, upcoming events, and ways to get involved in the campaign. #wakepol #raleigh #wakecounty #ncpol #ralpol
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Wake County school board picks educator and Democratic Party official to fill vacancy. Jennifer Job will resign her post as a regional vice chair in Wake County Democratic Party now that she's on the school board. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e... #nced #wcpss #ncpol #wakepol
Wake school board picks educator and Democratic Party official to fill vacancy
Jennifer Job says she will resign as a regional vice chair in the Wake County Democratic Party now that she’s on the school board.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Wake County school board picks educator and Democratic Party official to fill vacancy. Jennifer Job will resign her post as a regional vice chair in Wake County Democratic Party now that she's on the school board. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e... #nced #wcpss #ncpol #wakepol
#wcpss #nced #ncpol #wakepol New Wake County school board member Jennifer Job got 5 votes on the 1st and only ballot for the District 8 vacancy: Lynn Edmonds, Christina Gordon, Chris Heagarty, Toshiba Rice, Tyler Swanson. Jennifer Dearman got 2 votes & Candace Smith got 1 vote.
November 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Wake County school board picked Jennifer Job to fill the District 8 vacancy on 1st ballot with 5 votes. Job is a former teacher who is now a political consultant. She will resign her position as a regional vice chair of Wake County Democratic Party. #wcpss #nced #ncpol #wakepol
November 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Even if Premlata Vaishnava isn't appointed to the Wake County school board today, she'll have done at least one service. Staff spoke with her after she said during her interview that the spelling was wrong on Hindi signs in front of Central Office. #nced #wcpss #wakepol #ncpol
November 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
It looks like 3 of the 17 applicants for the Wake County school board District 8 vacancy have withdrawn. Bahram Olfati, Hardik Raval & Heather Young are not on Tuesday's interview schedule. You can read the applications at simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/... #wcpss #nced #wakepol #ncpol
View Special Called Board of Education Meeting
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November 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
It looks like 3 of the 17 applicants for the Wake County school board District 8 vacancy have withdrawn. Bahram Olfati, Hardik Raval & Heather Young are not on Tuesday's interview schedule. You can read the applications at simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/... #wcpss #nced #wakepol #ncpol
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November 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
These 17 people want to fill the Wake County school board vacancy. Here’s what to know. A wide range of applicants, including educators, business people & stay-at-home parents, hope to replace Lindsay Mahaffey on Tuesday. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e... #nced #wcpss #ncpol #wakepol
These 17 people want to fill the Wake school board vacancy. Here’s what to know
The Wake school board will interview all 17 applicants and pick a replacement for Lindsay Mahaffey on Tuesday, Nov. 25.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
These 17 people want to fill the Wake County school board vacancy. Here’s what to know. A wide range of applicants, including educators, business people & stay-at-home parents, hope to replace Lindsay Mahaffey on Tuesday. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e... #nced #wcpss #ncpol #wakepol
#wcpss #nced #ncpol #wakepol Wake County has released the names of the 17 applicants for the District 8 school board vacancy: Almira Abbas, Douglas Behan, Jennifer Dearman, Robert Dunn, Jennifer Job, Steve Murray, Ramesh Nallavolu, Bahram Olfati, Laurie Parsons, Lana Prince, Hardik Raval,
November 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Border Patrol is coming to Raleigh. Will it cause Wake County students to stay home? Attendance dropped in Charlotte during operations. NCAE is urging local govt's to not allow public property to be used as staging areas. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e... #nced #ncpol #wcpss #wakepol
Border Patrol is coming to Raleigh. Will it cause Wake students to stay home?
Attendance reportedly dropped Monday in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools amid increased Border Patrol operations in Charlotte.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Border Patrol is coming to Raleigh. Will it cause Wake County students to stay home? Attendance dropped in Charlotte during operations. NCAE is urging local govt's to not allow public property to be used as staging areas. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e... #nced #ncpol #wcpss #wakepol
Immigration agents expected to come to Raleigh, mayor says. Here’s what we know. Mayor Janet Cowell says Border Patrol agents will be in Raleigh on Tuesday after a weekend of arrests in Charlotte. (Via @annamroman.bsky.social) www.newsobserver.com/news/local/c... #ncpol #ralpol #wakepol
Immigration agents expected to come to Raleigh, mayor says. Here’s what we know
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents descended on Charlotte over the weekend.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Immigration agents expected to come to Raleigh, mayor says. Here’s what we know. Mayor Janet Cowell says Border Patrol agents will be in Raleigh on Tuesday after a weekend of arrests in Charlotte. (Via @annamroman.bsky.social) www.newsobserver.com/news/local/c... #ncpol #ralpol #wakepol
Durham, Wake County sheriffs urge calm amid Border Patrol presence in Charlotte. Wake Sheriff urged residents not to confront Border Patrol agents. Durham Sheriff said they don’t participate in immigration roundups. (Via Twumasi Duah-Mensah) www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a... #ncpol #wakepol
Durham, Wake sheriffs urge calm amid Border Patrol presence in Charlotte
The sheriffs said they had not received any notice of border patrol arriving in Wake or Durham counties.
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November 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Durham, Wake County sheriffs urge calm amid Border Patrol presence in Charlotte. Wake Sheriff urged residents not to confront Border Patrol agents. Durham Sheriff said they don’t participate in immigration roundups. (Via Twumasi Duah-Mensah) www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a... #ncpol #wakepol
Here’s the Wake County Board of Elections report listing all write-in votes in the 13 towns in Wake Co voting in the Nov 4, 2025 elections: s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/wakegov.com.... #wakepol (there was a serious attempt in Rolesville with an unsuccessful write-in candidate getting 538 votes.)
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November 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Here’s the Wake County Board of Elections report listing all write-in votes in the 13 towns in Wake Co voting in the Nov 4, 2025 elections: s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/wakegov.com.... #wakepol (there was a serious attempt in Rolesville with an unsuccessful write-in candidate getting 538 votes.)
Wake Co has released its early voting plan for the Mar 3, 2026 primary. 12 sites open all 17 days Feb 12-28, images have map and schedule flier. March 3 will be federal/state/local partisan primaries plus new City of Raleigh non-partisan primary. (Compare 2022 primary 8 sites) #wakepol
November 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Wake Co has released its early voting plan for the Mar 3, 2026 primary. 12 sites open all 17 days Feb 12-28, images have map and schedule flier. March 3 will be federal/state/local partisan primaries plus new City of Raleigh non-partisan primary. (Compare 2022 primary 8 sites) #wakepol
Please join me and my friends in Knightdale as we come together to support my campaign for Wake County Commission and our shared vision for a more connected, thriving county. #ralpol #wakepol
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November 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Please join me and my friends in Knightdale as we come together to support my campaign for Wake County Commission and our shared vision for a more connected, thriving county. #ralpol #wakepol
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