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MECKLENBURG COUNTY RACES

U.S. CONGRESS

Overview: N.C. turns into Congressional battleground

U.S HOUSE, 8th District

Larry Kissell (D)
Robert C. Hayes (R)


U.S HOUSE, 9th District

Harry Taylor (D)
Sue Myrick (R)
Andy Grum (L)


U.S HOUSE, 10th District

Patrick McHenry (R)
Daniel Johnson (D)


U.S HOUSE, 12th District

Ty Cobb Jr. (R)
Mel Watt (D)


N.C. LEGISLATURE

STATE SENATE, District 37

Daniel Clodfelter (D)
Vince Coscia (R)
Rusty Sheridan (L)


STATE SENATE, District 38

Charlie Dannelly (D)
James Soder (R)
Travis Wheat (L)


STATE SENATE, District 40

Malcolm Graham (D)
Ed Mulheren (R)


STATE HOUSE, District 99

Nick Mackey (D)
Dempsey Miller (R)


STATE HOUSE, District 100

Tricia Cotham (D)
Tom White (R)

STATE HOUSE, District 101

Beverly Miller Earle (D)
Beth Marlin (R)


STATE HOUSE, District 102

Becky Carney (D)
Gregory Patrick Hill (R)


STATE HOUSE, District 103

Jim Gulley (R)
Mark Brody (U)


STATE HOUSE, District 107

Kelly Alexander (D)
Gary Hardee (R)

MECKLENBURG COUNTY COMMISSION

At Large (3 seats)
Overview of Race
Harold Cogdell Jr. (D)
Hal Jordan (R)
Dan Murrey (D)
Dan Ramirez (R)
Jennifer Roberts (D)
Susan Walker (R)

District 1

S. Rao Kommareddi (D)
Karen Bentley (R)


District 2

Vilma Leake (D)
Tim McLeod (R)


Mecklenburg Register of Deeds

David Granberry (D)
Judy Gibson (R)


BOND ISSUES

COUNTY

Park and Recreation

CHARLOTTE

Street
Housing
Neighborhood Improvement


JUDICIAL RACES

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, N.C. SUPREME COURT

Robert H. (Bob) Edmunds Jr.
Suzanne Reynolds


N.C. COURT OF APPEALS

Overview: N.C. Court of Appeals races

John S. Arrowood
Robert N. (Bob) Hunter Jr.


Cheri Beasley
Doug McCullough


Dan Barrett
Linda Stephens


Sam J. Ervin IV
Kristin Ruth


Jewel Ann Farlow
James A. (Jim) Wynn


MECKLENBURG JUDGES

Overview: 6 judges face challengers

DISTRICT COURT (26)

Charlotte Brown-Williams
Stephen W. Kearney


DISTRICT COURT (26)

Donnie Hoover
Daniel Powers Roberts


DISTRICT COURT (26)

Fritz Mercer
John Totten


DISTRICT COURT (26)

Gary L. Henderson
Thomas F. Moore


DISTRICT COURT (26)

Kimberly Y. Best
Todd Owens


DISTRICT COURT (26)

Theo X. Nixon
Elizabeth Thornton Trosch


DISTRICT COURT (26)

William Irwin Belk
Ben S. Thalheimer