Jaraun Boyd
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Overview
Current roleNonprofit executive
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
LocationNorth Carolina
BackgroundNonprofit executive
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Notable personal detailsJaraun “Gemini” Boyd is a Charlotte, North Carolina community advocate and former candidate for Mayor of Charlotte in 2025. He has been associated with Project B.O.L.T. (Building Outstanding Lives Together), a Charlotte-based nonprofit focused on mentoring and reentry support, and has described spending about 20 years incarcerated in federal prison before working in reentry services. He has also been described as working with the Mecklenburg County Public Defender’s Office and serving on the board of the Center for Community Transitions.
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Economy & Taxes
The candidate’s campaign platform emphasizes investing in job training, small business support, affordable housing, and opposing policies that he says burden working-class residents. He explicitly criticized the proposed local transportation (sales) tax referendum and has called for developers to pay a fair share while protecting longtime homeowners from rising costs.
Healthcare
The candidate lists affordable healthcare and expanding local health services among his campaign priorities. His public materials and local coverage emphasize increasing access to local health services and healthcare affordability at the municipal level.
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Immigration & Border
Supports inclusion of immigrants in local economic and civic life, including creating opportunities for immigrant entrepreneurs and ensuring city services and outreach are accessible to immigrant and non-English-speaking residents. Emphasizes multilingual outreach and making programs accessible to immigrant, low-income, and working families, rather than proposing enforcement- or border-focused measures.
Climate & Energy
Jaraun “Gemini” Boyd has criticized current city leadership on transportation and is reported to oppose the proposed transit tax referendum; his campaign materials emphasize public safety, affordable housing, and community investment rather than an explicit climate or energy policy. Available public sources do not provide a clear, detailed policy platform from Boyd on broader climate or energy issues such as emissions targets, fossil fuel phase-out, or major clean-energy investments.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports being “tough on violence” through investments in youth and community violence-prevention programs and holding everyone, including police, accountable; does not state a clear position on specific gun-policy measures such as universal background checks, assault-weapons bans, red-flag laws, or constitutional-carry.
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