Wednesday candidate filings
Names in bold filed Wednesday; others filed earlier. Filing closes Friday, with primaries for the city of Charlotte on Sept. 15 and the general election Nov. 3. School board and other municipal races are nonpartisan.
Track the list of candidates live at http://apps.meckboe.org/CandidatePrint.aspx.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board
(Three seats, at-large)
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, Jennifer Roberts
Republicans: Edwin B. Peacock III, Scott Stone
Charlotte City Council at-large
Democrats: Darrell Bonapart, Bruce Clark, Julie Eiselt, Claire Green Fallon, Sean Gautam, Shawn Greeson, Mo Idlibby, Vi Lyles, Billy D. Maddalon, James (Smuggie) Mitchell
Republicans: 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: LaWana Mayfield, Warren F. Turner
Charlotte City Council District 4
Democrats: Greg Phipps
Republicans: Michael P. O’Hara
Charlotte City Council District 5
Democrats: Scott Derek Jenkins
Charlotte City Council District 6
Republicans: Kenny Smith
Charlotte City Council District 7
Republicans: Ed Driggs
Cornelius mayor
Chuck Travis
Cornelius Town Board
Denis P. Bilodeau, Jim Duke, Michael F. Miltich, J.R. Mount, Thurman Ross, Woody Washam Jr.
Davidson mayor
John M. Woods
Davidson Town Board
Stacey M. Anderson, Jim Fuller, Brian Jenest
Huntersville mayor
John Aneralla, Jill Swain
Huntersville Town Board
Melinda Bales, Dan Boone, Phil Carey, Sharon Eskridge, Mark Gibbons, Rob Kidwell, Sarah R. McAulay, Jeff Neely, Danny Phillips, Leonard Richardson III, Nick Walsh
Matthews mayor
James P. (Jim) Taylor
Matthews Town Board
John F. Higdon, Christopher L. Melton, Jeff A. Miller, Joe Pata, Nobie Thrasher, John Urban, Larry Whitley
Mint Hill mayor
Ted Biggers
Mint Hill Town Board
Lloyd D. Austin, Carl (Mickey) Ellington, Harry Marsh, Alan McKenzie, James Stapleton
Pineville mayor
John (Jack) Edwards
Pineville Town Board
L.R. (Les) Gladden
This story was originally published July 15, 2015 at 6:41 PM with the headline "Wednesday candidate filings."