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Jaraun Boyd

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Overview

Current roleCommunity activist

Political ideologyProgressive Democrat

GenderMale

LocationNorth Carolina

BackgroundCommunity activist

Notable personal detailsJaraun "Gemini" Boyd is a Charlotte, North Carolina community activist and 2025 Democratic candidate for Mayor of Charlotte. He has worked as a peer support specialist at the Mecklenburg County Public Defender’s Office and has been described as CEO of Project BOLT, a nonprofit supporting formerly incarcerated individuals. He has publicly discussed spending more than 20 years incarcerated and later working for the City of Charlotte after earning a commercial driver’s license.

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wfae.org s3.amazonaws.com onyourballot.vote411.org jaraunboydformayor.org qcitymetro.com en.wikipedia.org branch.vote electionline.org vote.mecknc.gov axios.com charlottenc.gov bluevoterguide.org wbtv.com charlotteobserver.com amesfreelibrary.org bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com cases.justia.com arxiv.org bpc-charlotte.com generationnation.org theelectionhub.org cltmercury.com thedailyelm.com tuesdayforumcharlotte.org jd4clt.com votesmart.org developer.ballotpedia.org justfacts.votesmart.org voterguide.ballotpedia.org cdn.ballotpedia.org rules.senate.gov wikidata.org ballotready.org congress.gov selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov adams.house.gov commerce.senate.gov organizations.ballotready.org bioguideretro.congress.gov senate.gov markharris.house.gov govinfo.gov

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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.

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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