“Asheville For All is pleased to endorse three candidates for Asheville City Council ahead of the November election: Maggie Ullman, Drew Ball, and Jeffrey Burroughs.”
2026 Midterm Partner Endorsements
Maggie Ullman
Asheville City Council · Asheville, NC
Backed byAsheville For All
What the Guides Said
About Maggie Ullman
I have a lifelong commitment to community service. I came to Asheville to study Environmental Policy and Economics at UNC-Asheville in 2002. Now I am raising a daughter with my husband, Chris Berthiaume. Our daughter is a middle schooler and has loved learning Spanish and making friends in our public schools. As a family, we enjoy riding bikes, paddling the beautiful rivers in WNC, and foraging for edible mushrooms. My connection to community service roots back to volunteering in shelters for the unhoused as a youth, to interning with the Asheville City Council as an undergrad to pilot a fare-free transit program.
I am humbled and honored to have served on Asheville City Council since December 2022. I lead with collaboration and a commitment to getting things done—bringing people together, seeking everyone’s perspective, and turning good ideas into real progress for our community.
From maggie4avl.com
Maggie Ullman on Housing and Abundance
“I delivered real results: expanded housing choices, built affordable homes, provided rent help and home repairs to keep families here, raised city worker pay, and supported businesses with grants after Helene.”
“I delivered real results: funded more shelter beds, raised police pay, collaborated to start the REST team for better public safety, and built homes near jobs and transit to fight the housing shortage.”
“The project will update the 2008 Affordable Housing Plan that was created by the Mayor’s Taskforce on Affordable Housing, which was last updated in 2015.”
Also Endorsed
Drew BallAsheville For All
Jeffrey BurroughsAsheville For All