Graduating with an associate’s degree in Sustainable Technology from Cape Fear Community College in 2015 helped Keenen understand that capitalism is the underlying barrier to social progress and renewable energy—even though that was not the goal of the college. Between temporary jobs he works on renewable energy concepts but is limited by time and resources. All working-class people experience such limits. Overcoming these limits require a political shift that values people over profit.

2018 Candidates | North Carolina Green Party

KEENEN ALTIC

Forsyth County Commissioner At-Large

Keenen Altic is a candidate of the North Carolina Green Party, a dues-paying membership organization independent of corporations and the wealthy elite. As a resident of Winston-Salem, he is running for Forsyth County Commissioner At-Large to create rent control tied to wages, stop the county detention center from being used to lock up immigrants, demilitarize the sheriff's department, create property-tax exemption for working-class people and a graduated property-tax increase on the rich, and make the electrical grid powered by renewable energy and democratic ownership.

Keenen Altic earned an associate's degree in sustainable technology from Cape Fear Community College in 2015. He lives in Winston-Salem.

2026 Candidates - North Carolina Green Party

Keenen works on renewable energy concepts between temporary jobs.

Keenen's experience includes working in food service, in computer aided drafting, and as a forklift operator.

Keenen Altic - Ballotpedia

Keenan previously lost the 2018 race for the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners At-Large.

2026 North Carolina General Election

Proposes property-tax exemptions for working-class people and graduated property-tax increases for higher-income residents.

As of September 2, 2026, Keenen Altic did not have a website or any information online.

Economy

Proposes demilitarizing the sheriff's department.

Public Safety

Healthcare

Education

Proposes powering the electrical grid with renewable energy under democratic ownership.

Energy & the Environment

Proposes ending the county detention center's use for detaining immigrants.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Voting & Elections

Keenen Altic

As of September 2, 2026, Keenen Altic’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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