Rani Dasi
Democratic · NC · Orange County Commissioner (District 1)
Rani Dasi was appointed an Orange County commissioner in July 2026 after Commissioner Jamezetta Bedford died. She has served on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board since 2015 and is a finance and operations vice president at RTI International.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 5 records
The Orange County Board of Commissioners appointed Dasi to fill its vacant District 1 seat for the remainder of Commissioner Jamezetta Bedford's term.
July 28, 2026
Source: orangecountync.gov
Dasi voted against a Chapel Hill-Carrboro school staffing reduction plan approved 4-3, urging retention of a pre-K mental health specialist and longer secondary school counselor contracts.
August 21, 2024
Source: chapelboro.com
Dasi seconded a motion to postpone the Chapel Hill-Carrboro board's high school scheduling vote to its next meeting. The substitute motion passed 4-3.
May 16, 2024
Source: chccs.granicus.com
Dasi joined the unanimous Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board vote giving initial approval to policy revisions that omitted state-mandated provisions on parental notification of students' changed names or pronouns and K-4 instruction on gender identity and sexuality.
January 18, 2024
Source: apnews.com
On the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board, Rani Dasi voted against the September 2018 plan to make Glenwood Elementary a schoolwide Mandarin dual-language magnet; the plan passed 4-3.
September 20, 2018
Source: heraldsun.com
Past race Rani Dasi ran in:
- Orange County Board of Commissioners District 01 · November 3, 2026 · Orange County, North Carolina · incumbent