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County Council, New Castle County

District 2

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Election
Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A county council member votes on county laws, the budget, property taxes and land-use decisions for unincorporated New Castle County.

Dee Durham

DemocraticIncumbent

New Castle County Council member (District 2)

The gist

  • Supports more funding to conserve natural lands and farms
  • Supports annual budget funding for open space, farmland preservation
  • Co-sponsored the county's first data center zoning rules
  • Supports emergency services and storm resiliency efforts
  • Sponsored law requiring new homes be EV-charger capable
  • Led overhaul of the county's historic preservation code
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  1. Supports more funding to conserve natural lands and farms

    Policy — Friends for Dee Durham

    Campaign website · Friends for Dee Durham · friendsfordeedurham.us

    “Pursue greater funding and incentives for conserving New Castle County's natural lands and farms.”
  2. Supports annual budget funding for open space, farmland preservation

    Policy — Friends for Dee Durham

    Campaign website · Friends for Dee Durham · friendsfordeedurham.us

    “annual funding in the budget for both open space and farmland preservation”
  3. Co-sponsored the county's first data center zoning rules

    Policy — Friends for Dee Durham

    Campaign website · Friends for Dee Durham · friendsfordeedurham.us

    “Co-sponsor of Ordinance 25-101, the first comprehensive zoning regulations for data centers, with prime sponsor David Carter”
  4. Supports emergency services and storm resiliency efforts

    Policy — Friends for Dee Durham

    Campaign website · Friends for Dee Durham · friendsfordeedurham.us

    “Support our emergency services departments, and proactively pursue initiatives that will enhance resiliency due to increased frequency and severity of storms”
  5. Sponsored law requiring new homes be EV-charger capable

    Policy — Friends for Dee Durham

    Campaign website · Friends for Dee Durham · friendsfordeedurham.us

    “Durham's Ordinance Now Requires New NCC Homes to be EV-Charger Capable”
  6. Led overhaul of the county's historic preservation code

    Policy — Friends for Dee Durham

    Campaign website · Friends for Dee Durham · friendsfordeedurham.us

    “Durham Spearheads Comprehensive Historic Preservation NCC Code Revisions (Ord #20-071)”

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