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Volume 46, Number 24
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C
THURSDAY, March 5, 2020
Forsyth County Primary Winners
Inside:
Hanes Burke takes Northeast Ward
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE
For the past 40 years,,
one name has been syn
onymous with the Win
ston-Salem City Council
and the Northeast Ward -
Burke, Vivian Burke, that
is. Although Mayor Pro
Tempore Burke announced
her retirement earlier this
year, thanks to the voters
of the Northeast Ward, the
Burke name will remain
on the Winston-Salem City
Council.
In Tuesday’s primary
election, Barbra Hanes
Burke, Vivian Burke’s
daughter-in-law, defeated
challengers Morticia “Tee-
Tee” Parmon and Keith
King to fill the vacant seat
left by Vivian Burke.
Hanes Burke, who is
a longtime educator, cur
rently serves as vice chair
of the Winston-Salem/
Forsyth County Schools
Board of Education. Be
fore that, she served as
an assistant principal at
Carver High School. She
also helped organize the
N.E.X.T Step College and
Photo from Facebook
Barbara Hanes Burke
Career Fair and a com
munity volunteer literacy
initiative geared toward
improving 3rd grade read
ing scores.
As representative for
the Northeast Ward, Hanes
Burke has said her pri
orities will be improving
safety, increasing econom
ic development, employ
ment opportunities, and
ensuring equitable access
to resources. When she
announced she was run
ning for city council last
December, Hanes Burke
said she was eager to use
her voice to bring about
change in the Northeast
Ward. She said, “I am
eager to use my voice to
continue to be a strong
advocate while having an
even broader impact on
the community in which I
live.” '
Once the polls closed
and ballots started be
ing tallied, it was clear
early on that Hanes Burke
would come away with the
victory. With 20% of the
precincts reporting, Hanes
Burke had already won
nearly 60% of the vote. A
closer look at the results
shows Hanes Burke’s sup
porters did most of their
voting during early voting.
Numbers show more than
1,000 early voters chose
Hanes Burke over the oth
er two candidates, while
Parmon and King received
less than 500 votes during
the early voting period.
In the end, Hanes Burke
finished with 57% of the
vote.
Shortly after her victo
ry was made official, The
Chronicle caught up with
Burke to get her thoughts
on the win. She said she
was grateftil to the voters
of the Northeast Ward.
“Tam.excited and truly
grateful to the voters of
the Northeast Ward for en
trusting me with their vote.
I am looking forward to
serving the community,”
Burke said.
Although she will not
have a challenger in the
general election, Barbara
Hanes Burke will not offi
cially take office until after
the general election in No
vember.
Manning runs away with Democratic nomination for newly drawn
6th District
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE
Local Democrat Kathy
Manning ''defeated four
others in the primary elec
tion, vying for the vacant
seat in the 6th District
of the U.S. Congress left
by Representative Mark
Walker, who didn’t file
for re-election. The newly
drawn district includes
parts of Greensboro, High
Point and Winston-Salem.
Along with Manning
in the race against Derwin
Montgomery, the current
state house representa
tive and executive direc
tor of the Bethesda Center,
were Ed Hanes Jr., former
state house representa
tive; Rhonda Foxx, former
chief of staff for Congress
woman Alma Adams; and
Bruce Davis, a former
Guilford County Commis
sioner. Manning received
an astonishing 56,665
votes, which is nearly
50% of the entire votes
cast. Rhonda Foxx; who
finished second, received
19.8% of the votes. Mont
gomery, a former Winston-
Salem City Councilmem
ber, received 12% of the
votes, and Hanes, who is a
native of Winston-Salem,
received 4% of the votes
cast.
A retired lawyer from
Greensboro, Manning is
best known for her in
volvement in the plan
to revitalize downtown
Greensboro. In 2018 she
Kathy Manning
Photo from Ballotpedia
was unsuccessful in her
bid to unseat Republica
tion Ted Budd for Con
gress. Manning’s platform
touches on a number of
areas including advocat
ing for women’s rights,
improving public educa
tion, affordable healthcare,
and bringing an end to gun
violence.
During a watch party
on Tuesday evening when
it seemed the race was out
of reach, Manning said
the people of the 6th Dis
trict want a representative
who can listen and can be
the voice of the people.
She said what she enjoyed
most about campaign
ing was going to different
communities, connecting
with people, and learning
about their needs.
“The people are very
interested in meeting you
and sharing their thoughts
and their desires and their
needs for the. future,”
Manning continued. “In
this district, people want to
talk to their representative
and they want a voice that
represents them and they
want to know that you’re
listening.”
Manning will face Re
publican Lee Haywood in
the General Election. Hay
wood defeated Laura Pich
ardo in the primary elec
tion with 73% of the vote.
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