DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- With early voting underway in Durham, residents have some important decisions to make for the future of the Bull City.

The Oct. 7 primary features the race for mayor and city council.

NOTE: Candidates are listed as they appear on the Durham sample ballot .

Candidates for mayor

Anjanee Bell

The Bell name resonates throughout Durham. The candidate's father is Bill Bell, Durham's longest-serving mayor (2001-17).

She has said that the connection that voters will make to her last name and her father's legacy is not lost on her, but she also said she doesn't believe it will hold her back in any way.

"I've always grown to understand the expectation with my last name, but that has never kept me from standing on my own two feet," she told ABC11 in July. "The privi

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