Filing ends: Competition abounds for Charlotte mayor, CMS board
Six Democrats and two Republicans are running for Charlotte mayor this year, and nine people will compete in the nonpartisan race for three at-large Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board seats.
That was the tally when filing ended at noon Friday. The city of Charlotte will hold primaries for mayor and City Council on Sept. 15 to select which candidates will represent each political party. The primary winners will then be on the Nov. 3 ballot, running for two-year terms.
The election for school board and other Mecklenburg municipal races, which are nonpartisan, will be Nov. 3.
Former state Sen. Dan Clodfelter, who was appointed Charlotte’s mayor last spring in the wake of Patrick Cannon’s arrest on federal corruption charges, filed to seek a full term as mayor. He’ll face Michael Barnes, Roderick Davis, David Howard, DeJawon Joseph and Jennifer Roberts in the Democratic primary.
Edwin Peacock and Scott Stone will face off in the Republican mayoral primary.
The race for four at-large seats on Charlotte City Council drew 12 Democrats and three Republicans, which means only the Democrats will need the primary election to winnow the field.
Nine people, including incumbents Ericka Ellis-Stewart and Mary McCray, are running for three at-large school board seats. Challengers are Angela Ambroise, Janeen Bryant, Larry Bumgarner, Elyse Dashew, Levester Flowers, Jeremy Stephenson and Amelia Stinson-Wesley.
School board members serve four-year terms. The six district seats will be up for election in 2017.
Four mayors of Mecklenburg’s smaller towns – Chuck Travis in Cornelius, John Woods in Davidson, Ted Biggers in Mint Hill and Jack Edwards in Pineville – drew no competition. In Huntersville, Mayor Jill Swain faces a challenge from John Aneralla, and in Matthews Robert Guy Powell III filed to challenge Mayor Jim Taylor.
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Final candidate filings
Names in bold filed Friday; others filed earlier. Primaries for the city of Charlotte are Sept. 15 and the general election is Nov. 3. School board and other municipal races are nonpartisan.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board
(Three seats, at-large)
Angela Ambroise, Janeen Bryant, Larry Bumgarner, Elyse Dashew, Ericka Ellis-Stewart, Levester Flowers, Mary T. McCray, Jeremy Stephenson, Amelia Stinson-Wesley
Charlotte mayor
Democrats: Michael D. Barnes, Daniel (Dan) Clodfelter, Roderick Davis, David L. Howard, DeJawon Joseph, Jennifer Roberts
Republicans: Edwin B. Peacock III, Scott Stone
Charlotte City Council at-large
Democrats: Laurence E. Bibbs, Darrell Bonapart, Bruce Clark, Julie Eiselt, Claire Green Fallon, Sean Gautam, Shawn Greeson, Mo Idlibby, Vi Lyles, Billy D. Maddalon, James (Smuggie) Mitchell, Aaron Sanders
Republicans: Pablo Carvajal, John K. Powell Jr., David Michael Rice
Charlotte City Council District 1
Democrats: Patsy Kinsey
Charlotte City Council District 2
Democrats: Al Austin, Steven Jones
Republicans: Justin Dunn
Charlotte City Council District 3
Democrats: Rosa Hodge-Mustafa, LaWana Mayfield, Warren F. Turner
Republicans: Eric Wayne Netter
Charlotte City Council District 4
Democrats: Greg Phipps
Republicans: Michael P. O’Hara
Charlotte City Council District 5
Democrats: John Autry, Scott Derek Jenkins
Charlotte City Council District 6
Republicans: Kenny Smith
Charlotte City Council District 7
Democrats: Chris Turner
Republicans: Ed Driggs
Cornelius mayor
Chuck Travis
Cornelius Town Board
Denis P. Bilodeau, Jim Duke, Dave Gilroy, Michael F. Miltich, J.R. Mount, Thurman Ross, Woody Washam Jr.
Davidson mayor
John M. Woods
Davidson Town Board
Stacey M. Anderson, Michael V. Angell, Beth Cashion, Jim Fuller, Rodney Graham, Brian Jenest
Huntersville mayor
John Aneralla, Jill Swain
Huntersville Town Board
Melinda Bales, Dan Boone, Phil Carey, Sharon Eskridge, Mark Gibbons, Charles S. Guignard, Rob Kidwell, Sarah R. McAulay, Jeff Neely, Danny Phillips, Toni Primiano, Leonard Richardson III, Nick Walsh
Matthews mayor
Robert Guy Powell III, James P. (Jim) Taylor
Matthews Town Board
John F. Higdon, Gina Hoover, Christopher L. Melton, Jeff A. Miller, Joe Pata, John Ross, Nobie Thrasher, John Urban, Larry Whitley
Mint Hill mayor
Ted Biggers
Mint Hill Town Board
Lloyd D. Austin, Dale Dalton, Carl (Mickey) Ellington, Harry Marsh, Alan McKenzie, Richard (Fig) Newton, Katrina (Tina) Weaver Ross, James Stapleton
Pineville mayor
John (Jack) Edwards
Pineville Town Board
Deborah B. Fowler, L.R. (Les) Gladden, John Harless, Chris McDonough, Adam Perkins, David Phillips, Jonathan James Rutkowski, Judianna Tinklenberg, Juliet Van Dyke
This story was originally published July 17, 2015 at 12:56 PM with the headline "Filing ends: Competition abounds for Charlotte mayor, CMS board."