Feb. 11, 2020 Cal Cunningham and Trevor Fuller discussed the Democratic U.S. Senate primary at the Forum this morning. There was much talk about health care and an impeached president. Much talk there was also about systemic change, but not much about national security. The other three Democrats ... Continue Reading →
County, court issues raised with March 3 primary candidates
Feb. 4, 2020 The March 3 primary election includes only one District Court challenge. Lynna Moen is challenging incumbent Aretha Blake for Seat 2. George Dunlap, longtime incumbent and current chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, is in a primary contest with newcomer Cade Lee for the ... Continue Reading →
3 candidates in the March 3 Primaries
Jan. 28, 2020 Rev. Brenda Stevenson says she is listening to voters, and wants county government to respond. Two veteran legislators seeking re-election detailed how they believe Republican legislative leaders have failed to respond to North Carolina's voters. The Forum session this morning bounced ... Continue Reading →
Candidates in March 3 at-large county commissioners contest
Jan. 21, 2010 The Forum heard this morning from seven of the eight Democrats on the March 3 County Commissioners primary ballot. With three at-large seats to be elected in November, and no Republicans having filed, three Democrats will effectively be chosen in the primary to serve two-year terms. ... Continue Reading →
Legislative primaries: Volume One
Jan. 14, 2020 Forum invitations had gone out to people involved in contested races on the March 3 primary ballot to appear this morning. Then the legislative leadership called the incumbents back for votes this morning, so all the incumbents drove over to Raleigh. For this reason or any number ... Continue Reading →
Challenge to Bonapart’s Senate 39 candidacy upheld locally
Jan. 8, 2020 Darrell Bonapart told the Charlotte Observer Tuesday he would appeal to the State Board of Elections a decision by the Mecklenburg County Board of Elections to uphold challenge to his candidacy in Senate District 39 primary on March 3. The challenge contested Bonapart’s claim of ... Continue Reading →
Congratulations to the winners!
Nov. 5, 2019, 11:24 p.m.; 195 of 195 precincts reporting Charlotte Mayor Vi Liles 77% Charlotte City Council At-large Julie Eiselt 24% Braxton Winston 22% James Mitchell 22% Dimple Ajmera 20% Charlotte City Council Districts 1. Larken Egleston 98% 2. Malcolm Graham 85% 3. ... Continue Reading →
Charlotte mayor candidates
Oct. 22, 2019 It was a rainy morning, but Vi Lyles showed up. And so the incumbent mayor Charlotte made full use of the morning's Forum to explain her goals for a second term, and to comment on a number of things she's learned in her first term. Lyles faces Republican perennial candidate David ... Continue Reading →
Candidates for City Council at-large seats
Oct. 25, 2019 All five candidates for at-large seats on Charlotte City Council addressed a small crowd today about city-county cooperation, the upcoming citizen vote on a sales tax increase, and even on whether city government is dysfunctional and needs a new direction. Attending were Republican ... Continue Reading →
Candidates for Council DIstricts 2, 4, 6
Oct. 8, 2019 Four of the six candidates on the November ballot for City Council Districts 2, 4 and 6 were at the Forum today to discuss their platforms and their backgrounds. County Commissioners Chair George Dunlap made a pitch for support of the ballot question that would add a quarter-cent ... Continue Reading →
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