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6 Democrats seek 4 Council at-large seats

April 19, 2022 Candidates & Ballots

April 19, 2022 There was talk about cooperation among the three local elected bodies – school board, city council, county commissioners. There was also talk about dissension among top staff at the county and city that gets in the way of that intergovernmental cooperation. There was no talk about ... Continue Reading →

Caucus endorsements announced in contested primaries

April 14, 2022 Candidates & Ballots

April 14, 2022 The Black Political Caucus on Wednesday announced its endorsements in the contested primaries on the May 17 ballot. Steve Harrison’s report for WFAE is here. The Axios Charlotte report is here. The Observer’s report, posted five days later, is here.   ... Continue Reading →

Patrick Cannon

March 15, 2022 Elect22

– Page initiated March 15, 2022 Patrick Cannon filed in the Democratic primary for an at-large seat on Charlotte City Council. Materials on this website 4-19-22 Presentation to the Forum 3-15-22 Greetings   Info Website   Media links   ... Continue Reading →

Candidate Cannon greetings

March 15, 2022 Elect22

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His eye’s on funneling capital to entrepreneurs building businesses

July 24, 2018 Growing Business

July 24, 2018 Patrick Cannon asked that he be allowed to introduce David Sharp to Forum participants. Cannon argued that African Americans in Charlotte seek advice of whites about financing their businesses, but run down or ignore African Americans who have similar or better credentials and ... Continue Reading →

Clodfelter: ‘Help me out here’

April 8, 2014 Government & Politics

Dan Clodfelter, who was named Monday night by City Council to be the next Mayor of Charlotte, was at the Forum this morning and made the comments above. He was to resign his N.C. Senate seat today, and be sworn in Wednesday to succeed Patrick Cannon, who resigned after he faced public corruption ... Continue Reading →

Election 2013 Results

November 5, 2013 Candidates & Ballots

Nov. 5, 2013, 10:36 p.m.; updated Nov. 6, 9:20 a.m. Charlotte Mayor: Patrick Cannon (D) (53%) Charlotte City Council At-Large: Michael Barnes (D) (15.3%) Vi Alexander Lyles (D) (15.0%) David Howard (D) (14.7%) Claire Fallon (D) (13.2%) District 1: Patsy Kinsey (D) (98%) District 2: Al Austin ... Continue Reading →

Charlotte mayoral candidates

October 29, 2013 Candidates & Ballots

The Forum does not host debates, but normally after individual candidates give their introductory comments, all candidates for one office who are in the room will share time during the Q&A, and often respond to the same questions asked by Forum participants in the audience. Tuesday's ... Continue Reading →

Primary election leaders

September 10, 2013 Candidates & Ballots

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Democratic mayoral candidates

September 3, 2013 Candidates & Ballots

Sept. 3, 2013  The Observer's Jim Morrill covered the event. His website story was headlined "Differences emerge in Charlotte mayoral forum." A picture of the story from the Observer, headlined "Mayoral hopefuls' differences show," is below the videos on this page. Introductory ... Continue Reading →

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