Chapel Hill Council Member Blames Political Climate for Decision to Step Down

Chapel Hill council member blames political climate for decision to step down

Chapel Hill Town Council member Adam Searing won’t seek re-election in 2025 race. Searing who ran for mayor against Jess Anderson cited political environment.

Chapel Hill Town Council's Adam Searing Not Seeking Second Term, Cites 'Heavy Lift' of Local Governing

Chapel Hill Town Councilor Adam Searing will not be running for re-election this fall, he announced on Thursday morning. Searing, a nonprofit and health care attorney whose four-year term on the elected body is set to end this winter, shared the decision in his newsletter and described the local political climate as a major factor. “My day job is in the polarized cauldron of national health care politics, so you’d think dealing with running a co…