Jamezetta Bedford is from Virginia. She attended the University of Virginia. She is married to her husband, Ed. They have three children and two grandchildren together. Jamezetta has lived in Chapel Hill since 1992.

Jamezetta is a certified public accountant (CPA) who works in Chapel Hill. She has over 10 years of experience working with local small businesses, nonprofits, and individuals. 

Jamezetta is a certified public accountant (CPA) who works in Chapel Hill.

Jamezetta is currently an Orange County commissioner. She is serving her second term. She previously served 12 years on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education.

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Supports enacting policies to recruit and retain businesses, diversify the tax base, and create jobs, particularly for lower-income residents through education and training.

Supports prioritizing the county budget based on the goals and needs of residents, utilizing their input and strategic planning.

Wants to diversify the tax base from residential real estate to smart economic development that creates jobs and protects the environment.

- Supports enacting policies to recruit and retain businesses, diversify the tax base, and create jobs, particularly for lower-income residents through education and training.
- Supports prioritizing the county budget based on the goals and needs of residents, utilizing their input and strategic planning.
- Wants to diversify the tax base from residential real estate to smart economic development that creates jobs and protects the environment.
- Supports prioritizing the county budget based on the goals and needs of residents, utilizing their input and strategic planning.

Economy

As of January 2, 2026, Jamezetta Bedford’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Public Services

Supports denser residential in-fill in Chapel Hill-Carrboro to protect the rural buffer and accommodate housing growth.

- Supports denser residential in-fill in Chapel Hill-Carrboro to protect the rural buffer and accommodate housing growth.

Housing & Urban Development

Supports funding for the sheriff's department to use body cameras, believing they are crucial for protecting officer integrity and ensuring fair treatment for the public.

Supports reasonable gun control and background check statutes that protect Second Amendment rights.

- Supports funding for the sheriff's department to use body cameras, believing they are crucial for protecting officer integrity and ensuring fair treatment for the public.
- Supports reasonable gun control and background check statutes that protect Second Amendment rights.

Public Safety

Supports diversifying the tax base through smart economic development that creates jobs and protects the environment.

- Supports diversifying the tax base through smart economic development that creates jobs and protects the environment.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Supports continuing efforts in reduce, reuse, and recycle, diverting food waste from landfills, exploring curbside composting, and partnering with nearby counties for waste-to-nutrient conversion and methane capture.

Explores the potential of new technologies like plasma gasification for waste management, while acknowledging environmental concerns and the need for more trash than currently generated in the county.

Supports exploring the potential of new technologies like plasma gasification for waste management, while acknowledging environmental concerns and the need for more trash than currently generated in the county.

Supports denser residential in-fill in Chapel Hill-Carrboro to protect the rural buffer, which provides clean water, protects habitat, and prohibits sprawl.

- Supports continuing efforts in reduce, reuse, and recycle, diverting food waste from landfills, exploring curbside composting, and partnering with nearby counties for waste-to-nutrient conversion and methane capture.
- Supports exploring the potential of new technologies like plasma gasification for waste management, while acknowledging environmental concerns and the need for more trash than currently generated in the county.
- Supports denser residential in-fill in Chapel Hill-Carrboro to protect the rural buffer, which provides clean water, protects habitat, and prohibits sprawl.

Energy & the Environment

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Jamezetta Bedford

- Supports continuing efforts in reduce, reuse, and recycle, diverting food waste from landfills, exploring curbside composting, and partnering with nearby counties for waste-to-nutrient conversion and methane capture.
- Explores the potential of new technologies like plasma gasification for waste management, while acknowledging environmental concerns and the need for more trash than currently generated in the county.
- Supports denser residential in-fill in Chapel Hill-Carrboro to protect the rural buffer, which provides clean water, protects habitat, and prohibits sprawl.

- County Commissioners create and pass laws at the county-level. These laws show up in very tangible ways, such as determining how much you pay property and sales tax rates, public transportation, and maintaining infrastructure.
- County Commissioners are responsible for preparing and passing the county budget. The budget determines how much funding goes to various public services, such as public transportation, law enforcement, repairing roads, and maintaining infrastructure.
- County Commissioners oversee the administrative duties of your county’s government to ensure the safety, comfort, and well-being of county residents.
- County Commissioners can create, change, or abolish offices, positions, departments that are not required by law. 
- County Commissioners are elected to 4-year terms, with no term limits. Typically, you only vote for the County Commissioner that represents your county commission district.