Page initiated Nov. 9, 2019; Parties listed in this order:
D-Democratic R-Republican L-Libertarian C-Constitution
March 6: Most of the top of this page was prepared for the March 3, 2020 primary election. Unsuccessful primary candidates have been removed, and can be found lower on this page under the headline, “Links for the March 3, 2020 Primaries.” When the Mecklenburg Board of Elections updates its website for the November general election (they still haven’t as of June 4), these listings will be updated as well.
Links for the November General Election
Local Courts
District Court for Mecklenburg
(By court order, local judge candidates will be elected by all voters in Mecklenburg County, not by districts.)
Seat 1 Kimberly Best-D Pat Finn-R
Seat 2 Aretha Blake-D
Seat 3 Jena Culler-D
Seat 4 Donald Cureton-D
Seat 5 Faith Fickling-Alvarez-D
Seat 6 Ty Hands-D
Seat 7 Gary Henderson-D
Seat 8 Christy Mann-D
Seat 9 Rex Marvel-D Sunny Panyanouvong-Rubeck-R
Seat 10 C. Renee Little-D
Seat 11 Elizabeth Trosch-D
Seat 12 Roy Wiggins-D
Superior Court for Mecklenburg
Seat 1 Alicia Brooks-D Casey Viser-R
Statewide Courts
Supreme Court
Chief Justice Seat 1 Cheri Beasley-D Paul Newby-R
Seat 2 Lucy Inman-D Phil Berger Jr.-R
Seat 4 Mark Davis-D Tamara Barringer-R
Court of Appeals
Seat 4 Tricia Shields-D April Wood-R
Seat 5 Lora Christine Cubbage-D Fred Gore-R
Seat 6 Grady Styers-D Chris Dillon-R
Seat 7 Reuben Young-D Jeff Carpenter-R
Seat 13 Chris Brook-D Jefferson Griffin-R
Mecklenburg
Board of County Commissioners
At-large Leigh Altman-D Pat Cotham-D Ella Scarborough-D
District 1 Elaine Powell-D Jim Puckett-R
District 2 Vilma Leake-D
District 3 George Dunlap-D Friday Paul Okure-R
District 4 Mark Jerrell-D
District 5 Laura Meier-D Matthew Ridenhour-R
District 6 Susan Rodriguez McDowell-D Joel Levy-R
Mecklenburg Register of Deeds
Fred Smith-D
N.C. Legislature
Senate 37 Jeff Jackson-D Sonja Nichols-R Jeff Scott-L
Senate 38 Mujtaba A. Mohammed-D Jack Brosch-R
Senate 39 DeAndrea Salvador-D Joshua Niday-R
Senate 40 Joyce Waddell-D Bobbie Shields-R
Senate 41 Natasha Marcus-D Christopher Cole-C
House 88 Mary Belk-D David Tondreau-R
House 92 Terry Brown-D Jerry Munden-R
House 98 Christy Clark-D John Bradford-R
House 99 Nasif Majeed-D Russell Rowe-R
House 100 John Autry-D Kalle Thompson-R
House 101 Carolyn G. Logan-D Steve Mauney-R
House 102 Becky Carney-D Kyle Kirby-R
House 103 Rachel Hunt-D Bill Brawley-R
House 104 Brandon Lofton-D Don Pomeroy-R
House 105 Wesley Harris-D Amy Bynum-R
House 106 Carla Cunningham-D
House 107 Kelly Alexander-D Richard Rivette-R
N.C. Council of State
Governor Roy Cooper-D Dan Forest-R Steven DiFiore-L Al Pisano-C
Lieutenant Governor Yvonne Lewis Holley-D Mark Robinson-R
Attorney General Josh Stein-D Jim O’Neill-R
Auditor Beth Wood-D Tony Street-R
Commissioner of Agriculture Jenna Wadsworth-D Steve Troxler-R
Commissioner of Insurance Wayne Goodwin-D Mike Causey-R
Commissioner of Labor Jessica Holmes-D Josh Dobson-R
Secretary of State Elaine Marshall-D E.C. Sykes-R
Superintendent of Public Instruction Jen Mangrum-D Catherine Truitt-R
Treasurer Ronnie Chatterji-D Dale Powell-R
U.S. House
9th District Cynthia Wallace-D Dan Bishop-R
12th District Alma Adams-D Bill Brewster-R
U.S. Senate
Cal Cunningham-D Thom Tillis-R Shannon Bray-L Kevin Hayes- C
Note to readers & candidates
On this page that you are reading are the names of people that Mecklenburg voters will find on their November ballots, minus the presidential candidates.
The links under each person’s last name duplicate the “index by name” links. That means that clicking on a link at left will open a new page of one or more links to pages on this site that include material in some way tied to that person. Some of that material may be from the 2020 campaign. Some may be many years old. The oldest material is from 2006.
Campaign fliers and events are listed in the Forum’s announcements. The most recent announcements are here. The archive of announcements since 2004 is here. To find announcements material back to September 2014, the search box on the top of any page of this website will return listings for names associated with a handout. And then there is always Google.
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Links for the March 3, 2020 Primaries
Local Courts
District Court for Mecklenburg
(By court order, local judge candidates will be elected by all voters in Mecklenburg County, not by districts.)
Seat 1 Kimberly Best-D Pat Finn-R
Seat 2 Aretha Blake-D Lynna Moen-D
Seat 3 Jena Culler-D
Seat 4 Donald Cureton-D
Seat 5 Faith Fickling-Alvarez-D
Seat 6 Ty Hands-D
Seat 7 Gary Henderson-D
Seat 8 Christy Mann-D
Seat 9 Rex Marvel-D Sunny Panyanouvong-Rubeck-R
Seat 10 C. Renee Little-D
Seat 11 Elizabeth Trosch-D
Seat 12 Roy Wiggins-D
Superior Court for Mecklenburg
Seat 1 Alicia Brooks-D David Strickland-R Casey Viser-R
Statewide Courts
Supreme Court
Chief Justice Seat 1 Cheri Beasley-D Paul Newby-R
Seat 2 Lucy Inman-D Phil Berger Jr.-R
Seat 4 Mark Davis-D Tamara Barringer-R
Court of Appeals
Seat 4 Tricia Shields-D April Wood-R
Seat 5 Lora Christine Cubbage-D Fred Gore-R
Seat 6 Grady Styers-D Chris Dillon-R
Seat 7 Reuben Young-D Jeff Carpenter-R
Seat 13 Chris Brook-D Jefferson Griffin-R
Mecklenburg
Board of County Commissioners
At-large Leigh Altman-D Pat Cotham-D Tera Long-D Tigress McDaniel-D Ray McKinnon-D Ella Scarborough-D Lloyd Scher-D Brenda Stevenson-D
District 1 Elaine Powell-D Jim Puckett-R
District 2 Vilma Leake-D
District 3 George Dunlap-D Cade Lee-D Friday Paul Okure-R
District 4 Mark Jerrell-D
District 5 Laura Meier-D Matthew Ridenhour-R
District 6 Susan Rodriguez McDowell-D Joel Levy-R
Mecklenburg Register of Deeds
Fred Smith-D
N.C. Legislature
Senate 37 Jeff Jackson-D Sonja Nichols-R Jeff Scott-L
Senate 38 Laura Anthony-D Roderick Davis-D Mujtaba A. Mohammed-D Jack Brosch-R
Senate 39 Darrell Bonapart-D DeAndrea Salvador-D Joshua Niday-R
Senate 40 Joyce Waddell-D Bobbie Shields-R
Senate 41 Natasha Marcus-D Christopher Cole-C
House 88 Mary Belk-D David Tondreau-R
House 92 Terry Brown-D Jerry Munden-R
House 98 Christy Clark-D John Bradford-R
House 99 Nasif Majeed-D Russell Rowe-R
House 100 John Autry-D Kalle Thompson-R
House 101 Carolyn G. Logan-D Steve Mauney-R
House 102 Becky Carney-D Leroy Dean-D Anthony Forman-D Jonathan Peebles-D Kyle Kirby-R
House 103 Rachel Hunt-D Bill Brawley-R
House 104 Brandon Lofton-D Don Pomeroy-R
House 105 Wesley Harris-D Amy Bynum-R
House 106 Carla Cunningham-D
House 107 Kelly Alexander-D Richard Rivette-R
N.C. Council of State
Governor Roy Cooper-D Ernest Reeves-D Holly Grange-R Dan Forest-R Steven DiFiore-L Al Pisano-C
Lieutenant Governor Chaz Beasley-D Yvonne Lewis Holley-D Ron Newton-D Allen Thomas-D Bill Toole-D Terry Van Duyn-D Buddy Bengel-R Deborah Cochran-R Renee Ellmers-R Greg Gebhardt-R Mark Johnson-R John Ritter-R Mark Robinson-R Scott Stone-R Andy Wells-R
Attorney General Josh Stein-D Sam Hayes-R Christine Mumma-R Jim O’Neill-R
Auditor Luis Toledo-D Beth Wood-D Tim Hoegemeyer-R Tony Street-R
Commissioner of Agriculture Walter Smith-D Jenna Wadsworth-D Donovan Watson-D Steve Troxler-R
Commissioner of Insurance Wayne Goodwin-D Mike Causey-R Ronald Pierce-R
Commissioner of Labor Jessica Holmes-D Josh Dobson-R Pearl Floyd-R Chuck Stanley-R
Secretary of State Elaine Marshall-D Chad Brown-R E.C. Sykes-R Michael LaPaglia-R
Superintendent of Public Instruction James Barrett-D Constance Johnson-D Jen Mangrum-D Michael Maher-D Keith Sutton-D Craig Horn-R Catherine Truitt-R
Treasurer Dimple Ajmera-D Ronnie Chatterji-D Matt Leatherman-D Dale Powell-R
U.S. House
9th District Clayton Brooks-D Harry Southerland-D Cynthia Wallace-D Marcus Williams-D Dan Bishop-R
12th District Alma Adams-D Keith Cradle-D Bill Brewster-R
U.S. Senate
Cal Cunningham-D Trevor Fuller-D Atul Goel-D Erica Smith-D Steve Swenson-D Larry Holmquist-R Sharon Hudson-R Thom Tillis-R Paul Wright-R Shannon Bray-L Kevin Hayes- C
Note to readers & candidates
The 2020 election will require some changes in how the Forum presents campaign material. The old buzzard who does this work overpromised in 2019 and the 2020 ballot is longer.
Video and some other material on this site is generally archived under the names of people featured in the material. That “index by name” is here.
On this page that you are reading are the names of people that Mecklenburg voters will find on their March primary ballots, minus the presidential candidates.
The links under each person’s last name duplicate the “index by name” links. That means that clicking on a link at left will open a new page of one or more links to pages on this site that include material in some way tied to that person. Some of that material may be from the 2020 campaign. Some may be many years old. The oldest material is from 2006.
In 2019, this website attempted to archive video showing each time a candidate rose at the Forum during campaign season, to talk about the campaign or simply to make an unrelated announcement. The videos were sometimes revealing, but mostly not and there was a bit of get-on-camera behavior that bogged down the end of Forum meetings. For 2020, newsworthy comments may be posted and listed in the links below, but in general the comings and goings of candidates will not be archived. The old buzzard apologizes.
That covers video. Now about the mountain of campaign brochures, fliers, etc.: Here’s where to find them, because this website will not automatically link all that material back to this page.
The Forum’s announcements include events open to the public. Some require tickets, and every effort is made to include in the listing the price of admission or any request for donations. These entries regularly include candidate fundraisers that candidates or their surrogates announce at Forum or send to the Forum by e-mail. Those entries may also include links to fliers and websites that provide additional information. The most recent announcements are here. The archive of announcements since 2004 is here.
At the bottom of most of the weekly announcements is a “News & Handouts” section and links to lots of campaign materials land in that section. Listed first are names of individuals – mostly elected officials and candidates. Listed second are mostly nonprofits that send the Forum their newsletter or other material. All links in “News & Handouts” are included only once.
News & Handouts items are not repeated in the next week’s announcements. But for material back to September 2014, the search box on the top of any page of this website will return listings for names associated with a handout. And then there is always Google.