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1. Recent decades · 1976–2026

2. 1989
   Appointment, election or service · Carrboro Mike Nelson loses his first race for the Carrboro Board of Aldermen by 32 votes

   Nelson first ran for elected office in 1989 and lost his bid for a seat on the Carrboro Board of Aldermen by 32 votes.

3. 1993
   Appointment, election or service · Carrboro Mike Nelson is elected to the Carrboro Board of Aldermen

   Nelson won a seat on the Carrboro Board of Aldermen in 1993, and as an alderman he championed the domestic partners ordinance the town adopted in 1994.

4. 2006–2009
   Appointment, election or service · Orange County Mike Nelson serves on the Orange County Board of Commissioners

   Nelson placed third of seven candidates in the May 2, 2006 primary for three county commissioner seats and went on the November ballot; his papers date his service as a commissioner to 2006 through 2009.

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