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Vote Mario Benavente on Oct. 7.
Learn More At * MarioBe.com
The Fayetteville Press
www.fayettevillepress.com Mario & Caroline Benavente
(910)-635-5458
Volumn 35 No. 4 March 2025 Edition * (910) 323-3120-Office Fayetteville, NC
City Council Member Mario Benavente to Run for
Mayor, Will “Be” the Change Fayetteville Needs
Fayetteville, NC — Mario “Be” Be- On the City Council, Benavente
navente will run for Mayor of Fay- has led the way on public safety and
etteville in the 2025 municipal elec- opportunity. He helped create the
tions. Benavente has been a resident city’s Office of Community Safety,
of District 3 since childhood and he is which responds to crisis situations
a proud E.E. Smith Golden Bull. As with compassion. He pushed the city
Mayor, Bevanente will focus on to study the true root causes of gun
public safety and economic develop- violence in our community, and he
ment. He hopes to help our city be a helped make public transportation a
place where people want to put down top 5 priority. As Mayor, Benavente
roots and raise a family. will continue his legacy to help make
Fayetteville the best city in North
“Fayetteville can be a home for Carolina. He believes that together,
all of us,” Benavente shared in his we can all be the change in our com-
announcement. “As your Mayor, I’ll munity.
be the man in the arena, fighting to
make that dream a reality.” Outside of his work on the City
After graduating from E.E. Council, Benavente is an associate
Benavente’s interest in public attorney at Rand & Gregory, where
Smith High School, Mario Benavente
service dates back to his childhood, attended UNC Chapel Hill and NCCU he focuses on family and criminal
particularly after his father’s medi- School of Law. During his third year law, and is on the juvenile court-ap-
cal discharge from the Army. He saw as an NCCU Legal Eagle, equal jus- pointed list of attorneys. He is a
his father struggle to find work while Silver Life member of the Fayette-
tice activism showed him how Fay-
fighting to keep his veterans bene- etteville’s leaders were failing to live ville NAACP and has served our city
fits. This experience taught him how up to their promises, so he resolved on numerous boards and commis-
access to opportunity can impact to work for change by joining the sions, with a special focus on youth
whole families and the importance mentorship.
City Council.
of fighting for what matters.
THE CURE FOR CRIME: WORLD-CLASS MASS
A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TRANSPORTATION
TO COMMUNITY SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL
AND A REAL VISION FOR OUR FUTURE
Learn more at
MarioBe.com!
