Charlotte voters will choose mayor, council

Charlotte voters go to the polls Tuesday to elect their fifth mayor in three years as well as a new City Council. John D. Simmons jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com

Charlotte voters go to the polls Nov. 3 to elect their fifth mayor in three years as well as a new City Council.

Democrat Jennifer Roberts and Republican Edwin Peacock are battling for mayor.

Four Democrats – Julie Eiselt, Claire Fallon, Vi Lyles and James Mitchell – face Republicans Pablo Carvajal, John Powell and David Rice for four at-large council seats. There also are races in Districts 2, 3, 4 and 7.

[Pablo Carvajal would work for sustainable, efficient city government]

[Julie Eiselt believes in building coalitions]

[Democratic council candidate Claire Fallon: ‘I worked across the aisle’]

[John Powell studies for council seat]

[Vi Lyles aims to fulfill promises]

[To James Mitchell, it’s about ‘unfinished business’]

[Already a mayor, David Rice wants to improve CMPD and create jobs]

Mecklenburg County voters also will elect three at-large members of the school board. And voters will decide in a referendum whether to extend the terms of county commissioners from two to four years.

Jim Morrill

This story was originally published October 24, 2015 at 10:00 AM with the headline "Charlotte voters will choose mayor, council."

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