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Ed Driggs
Party:
Republican
Incumbent:
Yes
Previous experience in elected office:
Charlotte City Council for District 7 Representative (2013-Present)
Age:
~76
Occupation:
Retired, formerly in finance and in the US Army
Description:
The issues of importance to him are advancing Charlotte's mobility goals, supporting first responders, enabling a better public transportation system and aligning the Unified Development Ordinance with the city's economic development goals. He played a role last year when voters in his district pushed back on a developer who wanted to build a residential complex adjacent to a bald eagle habitat. WFAE noted that he was once skeptical of the city’s transit system but has evolved to become one of the transit plan’s biggest backers.
Other personal:
Driggs has a bachelor’s degree from Princeton and also studied at Berlin and Oxford Universities. He has lived in South Charlotte since 2011 and is endorsed by MeckGOP.
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