Jan. 6, 2026 Five of the six candidates in the March 3 primaries in NC House Districts 99 and 106 faced questions today in a session that may have set an all-time record for combined in-room and livestream participation. Perhaps interest in the contests bodes well for voter participation on ... Continue Reading →
ELECTION 2024
First published Nov. 5, 2024; Source: N.C. Board of Elections THE MECKLENBURG BALLOT US PRESIDENT (VOTE FOR 1) Precincts Reported: 195 of 195 View Contest Details NAME ON BALLOT PARTY BALLOT COUNT PERCENT Kamala D. ... Continue Reading →
2024 March 5 Primary
– Page last updated March 18, 2024 based on Elections Board revisions of March 8 and March 15 The State Board of Elections reports unofficial election results in real time on Election Night for Mecklenburg voters here. This page carries vote counts only in Mecklenburg. That means that a top ... 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 →
‘Disappointed’ … ‘Enraged’: Views shared on sea change in N.C. political landscape
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 →