Feb. 6, 2024 Maybe this year’s election will be a turning point for Mecklenburg County. Listen carefully to Tuesday’s conversation with all five Democratic candidates for three at-large seats on the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners. Two of the three incumbents have not served long ... Continue Reading →
Priorities, principles, preparation: 4 legislative candidates
Jan. 30, 2024 Three districts. Two houses of the legislature. Several generations. Two political parties. Mostly newbies in partisan politics, but a vast range of experiences. Tuesday's presentation captured only a fraction of the breadth of options available to Mecklenburg voters on March ... Continue Reading →
Democrats vie to challenge Tricia Cotham’s hold on NC House seat
Jan. 23, 2024 Two would-be Mecklenburg representatives to the N.C. General Assembly told Forum participants this morning about some of their background and their precinct-level involvement in the Democratic Party. They were asked about working with the Republican majority that regularly will not ... Continue Reading →
Working with the elephants in the room
Jan. 16, 2024 With an N.C. Senate District 41 primary contest seven weeks away, four Mecklenburg Democrats gathered this morning to talk about their backgrounds, their platforms – and the elephant in the room. All Democratic legislative candidates this year face the same issue: Until they regain ... Continue Reading →
2024 March 5 Primary Election
Below is a table showing candidates who filed for Mecklenburg offices by the Dec. 15, 2023 deadline. The March 5, 2024 primary will include only those who face opposition within their own party. Those names are highlighted below in bold type. There are no contested races for Mecklenburg judge seats, ... Continue Reading →
Election 2023
195 of 195 precincts reporting; Nov. 7, 2023 Release of Mecklenburg vote totals will occur in real time at the NC Board of Elections website here after polls close at 7:30 p.m. on Election Day. This page will not report write-ins. It is used chiefly to add election results to the Forum’s archive on ... Continue Reading →
U.S. Rep. Jeff Jackson
Oct. 31, 2023 First-term Congressman Jeff Jackson announced he would run next year for N.C. Attorney General. The new 14th Congressional District, in his view, has been redrawn out from under him by the N.C. General Assembly. No one in the audience this morning questioned his assessment. In his ... Continue Reading →
District 3 Council candidate Tiawana Brown
Oct. 17, 2023 In a presentation and discussion this morning, District 3 City Council Democratic candidate Tiawana Brown said, emphatically and many times, that as a member of Council she would “speak my truth.” First-time elected officials are routinely given wide berth to learn on the job. As ... Continue Reading →
Week Two: CMS At-Large candidates
Sept. 26, 2023 Fourteen people are on the Nov. 7 ballot for three at-large seats on the Mecklenburg Board of Education. The Forum split the group, with six of the first seven heard Sept. 19, and six of the other seven heard this morning. In the second group,Tigress McDaniel did not attend this ... Continue Reading →
Week One: CMS At-Large candidates
Sept. 19, 2023 CMS Board at-large candidates Juanrique Hall, Claire Covington, Bill Fountain, Shamiye Haynes and Annette Albright addressed questions at the Forum this morning. Peggy Capehart and Omar Harris did not attend. More candidates have been invited for Sept. 26. The contents of this ... Continue Reading →
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