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Greensboro City Council AT-LARGE

Top six advance to general election Nov. 6

Mary Rakestraw 5,142

Sandra Anderson Groat (i) 4,737

Robbie Perkins 4,132

Bill Knight 2,965

Kevin Green 2,534

Marikay Abuzuaiter 2,454

Joel Landau 2,344

Donna Riechmann 1,732

Greg Woodard 1,379

Janet Wallace 1,049

Joe Venable 1,031

Sidney Gray 831

Joseph Rahenkamp 377

What's next? Knight, Green and Abuzuaiter must ratchet up the fundraising if they want that third seat. And how does this sound: Mayor Pro Tem Mary Rakestraw?

DISTRICT 1

Top two advance

T. Dianne Bellamy-Small (i) 701

Tonya Clinkscale 496

Luther T. Falls Jr. 451

Charles Dayton Coffey 174

James W. Carpenter Jr. 67

What's next? Falls lost a close race to Bellamy-Small in 2005 but won't get to face her again. Falls tells Clinkscale he'll support her in the general election, Clinkscale says.

District 3

Top two advance

Zack Matheny 1,621

Joe Wilson 825

Cyndy Hayworth 725

Berkley Blanks 497

Bobby Coffer 48

What's next? Matheny cruises after easily raising more money than his competitors. Wilson is trying to get traction for his message of cutting spending.

District 5

Top two advance

Trudy Wade 583

Sandy Carmany (i) 456

Angela Carmichael 99

What's next? Wade and Carmany have a lot in common on most issues but are deeply divided on investigations into the police department and how the gang problem has been handled.