April 11, 2023 Some people in the room had lent their support to Tricia Cotham when she ran for the N.C. House as a Democrat. Some of the people were part of organizations that endorsed her bid, and supported her platform as a Democrat. The emotions created by the announcement last week that ... Continue Reading →
History doesn’t make people; People make history
Feb. 1, 2023 “Black history is a lifetime. It is not a month. Stop letting other people control the narrative.” – Forum participant Gary Marion Jan. 24, 2023 Perhaps there is no middle way between the stout defenders of Black History Month and Gary Marion's ... Continue Reading →
ELECTION RESULTS 2022
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 →
General Election 2020
Results of the Nov. 3, 2020 general election after the canvass by all 100 N.C. counties on Nov. 17, an audit on Nov. 19 and, on Nov. 24, certification by the N.C. Board of Elections of nearly all of the county canvasses. Three county contests in Hoke, Wake and Wayne Counties, plus one District Court ... Continue Reading →
Update on The Excelsior Club
Left, Ken Koontz; facade of Excelsior Club in undated James Peeler photo. June 5, 2018 Ken Koontz opened today's Open Forum with an update on the status of the shuttered Excelsior Club. Koontz was a part-owner of the Beatties Ford Road institution in the 1980s. The nightclub was a gathering ... Continue Reading →
Primary Election 2018 results (preliminary)
Tuesday, May 8, 2018 10:40 p.m. Percentage of votes as reported May 8 by 10:40 p.m. According to the Board of Elections, these percentages do not count absentee and provisional ballots. Victors may change, particularly in the Senate 39 Democratic primary, where the difference in vote totals stood ... Continue Reading →
6 women who serve
From left: Tenea McDonald and Simone Williams, lawyers at McDonald & Williams law firm; LaBecky Roe, retired New York police officer; Tamala Bullard, associate director of human resources, Davidson College; N.C. House Rep. Becky Carney; Rep. Carla Cunningham. March 27, 2018 They've represented ... Continue Reading →
Candidates Speak: Carla Cunningham
Sept. 20, 2016 The candidates in the November 2016 general election come and go at the Forum. Videos made of their comments are posted as they become available. On this page: Carla Cunningham, candidate for N.C. House District 106. Click the video to start ... Continue Reading →
Legislative candidates, Week 2
Sept. 20, 2016 The Forum heard today from four candidates for re-election to legislative seats representing Mecklenburg districts. Two are unopposed on Nov. 8, and the challengers in the other two contests were not present. So the visits served chiefly as education for the voters in the room and ... Continue Reading →