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Karen Stegman

Democratic · North Carolina · 2026

Running for Orange County Board of Commissioners At-Large, North Carolina

Top priorities

From other published sources

  • Expanding access to affordable housing, per IndyWeek
  • Addressing inequities in the property tax valuation process, per the Daily Tar Heel
  • Effective use of the 2024 school bond, per the Daily Tar Heel
Biography

Stegman is a consultant on non-profit strategy and development with about 25 years of community-development, education and public-health work, including with the Orange County Family Resource Centers, per IndyWeek. She served two terms on the Chapel Hill Town Council before running for the Orange County Board of Commissioners, per her campaign site.

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