Nov. 8, 2022 The N.C. Board of Elections posts unofficial precinct returns as they are reported. View them here. Below are the unofficial Mecklenburg vote totals for candidates on the Nov. 8 Mecklenburg election ballot, as compiled by the Mecklenburg and N.C. Boards of Elections. Victors are ... Continue Reading →
3 gather to explain their races for N.C. House
Nov. 1, 2022 The final Forum conversation about the Nov. 8 general election offered three candidates an opportunity to state their positions, and outline their hopes, for a level of government that all three said gets too little attention from Mecklenburg voters. All 12 candidates in the six ... Continue Reading →
Democrats in N.C. House minority make case for persistence
Oct. 25, 2022 Five N.C. House Democratic incumbents and one Democratic challenger met this morning at the Forum. Their answers to questions offered Forum participants a small guidebook on their achievements and ongoing fights in the GOP-controlled lower house. But perhaps more importantly, they ... Continue Reading →
Candidates in contested N.C. Senate races
Oct. 18, 2022 The morning’s Forum with candidates in contested races for seats in the N.C. Senate was notable for the low level of energy in the room. Candidates did not make pleas for votes. There was not a single request for new get-out-the-vote projects. No candidate pleaded with those within ... Continue Reading →
3 commissioner candidates, all incumbents, lay out tasks ahead
Oct. 11, 2022 Three of the six candidates in contested Nov. 8 races for County Commissioner seats in Districts 4, 5 and 6 made the presentations below. They were all incumbents: Mark Jerrell, Democrat in District 4; Susan Meier, Democrat in District 5; and Susan Rodriguez-McDowell, Democrat in ... Continue Reading →
Judge, Soil & Water candidates
Oct. 4, 2022 It was mostly quirks in the Forum scheduling process that put at one presenters table the candidates for a Mecklenburg soil and water conservation district board – and those in contested judicial races for N.C. Superior, Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. And yet. And ... Continue Reading →
County Board At-Large, District 1 and 3
Sept. 27, 2022 The entire slate of at-large candidates on the Nov. 8 ballot for the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners was present this morning, and dealt with both the highs and lows of county responsiveness to local needs: Homelessness, schools, mental health. While there was one reference ... Continue Reading →
CMS Elections: Districts 2, 4, 6
Sept. 20, 2022 There was some "throw-the-rascals-out" rhetoric this morning, as challengers made the case that the CMS Board of Education has failed in its chief duty: to ensure the education of all children. Two of the three incumbents running for re-election in Districts 2, 4 and 6 were ... Continue Reading →
CMS Elections: Districts 1, 3, 5
Sept. 13, 2022 Seven of the nine candidates in the Nov. 8 CMS Board elections in District 1, 3 and 5 focused much of their time this morning on ways to raise achievement for all children. The paramount way board members can help, most said, was to onboard a ... Continue Reading →
Congratulations to the winners
July 26, 2022, 9:49 p.m.; 168 of 168 precincts reporting Charlotte Mayor Vi Liles (D) 68.42% Stephanie De Sarachaga-Bilbao (R) 31.32% Charlotte City Council At-large Dimple Ajmera (D) 16.55% Braxton Winston (D) 16.30% LaWana Slack-Mayfield (D) 15.08% James Mitchell (D) 15.06% Kyle Luebke ... Continue Reading →
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