Who is in the running in the Charlotte region?
U.S. Senate
A crowd is in the hunt for Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan’s seat in one of the highest-profile races in the country. Many believe it will come down to a faceoff between Hagan and state House Speaker Thom Tillis.
Democrats
Kay Hagan
Ernest Reeves
Will Stewart
Republicans
Ted Alexander
Greg Brannon
Alex Bradshaw
Mark Harris
Heather Grant
Jim Snyder
Edward Kryn
Thom Tillis
Libertarians
Tim D’Annunzio
Sean Haugh
Congress
The first open seat in 22 years has attracted a packed field in the 12th District, where all but two candidates are running in a special election in addition to the regular vote. Freshmen Rep. Robert Pittenger got a last-minute primary opponent Friday.
8th District
Antonio Blue D
Richard Hudson R (i)
9th District
Robert Pittenger R (i)
Mike Steinberg R
10th District
Tate MacQueen D
Patrick McHenry R (i)
12th District
Alma Adams D
George Battle III D
Marcus Brandon D
Malcolm Graham D
James Mitchell D
Curtis Osborne D
Rajive Patel D
Vince Coakley R
Leon Threatt R
General Assembly
Candidates are scrambling for the seats of two lawmakers who are running for higher office. One in north Mecklenburg is for the House seat held by GOP Senate candidate Thom Tillis. The other, in northeast Charlotte, is being vacated by Democrat Malcolm Graham who’s leaving to run for Congress.
House District 88
Margie Storch D
Rob Bryan R (i)
House District 92
Robin Bradford D
Charles Jeter R (i)
House District 98
Natasha Marcus, D
John Bradford III R
Sharon Hudson, R
Lynette Rinker R
House District 99
Rodney Moore D (i)
House District 100
Tricia Cotham D (i)
House District 101
Beverly Earle D (i)
House District 102
Becky Carney D (i)
House District 103
Bill Brawley R (i)
House District 104
Eric Cable L
Dan Bishop R
House District 105
Jacqueline Schaffer R (i)
House District 106
Carla Cunningham D (i)
Trey Lowe R
House District 107
Kelly Alexander D (i)
Senate District 37
Dan Clodfelter D (i)
Senate District 38
Joel Ford D (i)
Richard Rivette R
Senate District 39
Matt Arnold R
Bob Rucho R (i)
Senate District 40
Nasif Majeed D
Morris McAdoo D
Matt Newton D
Ty Turner D
Joyce Waddell D
Senate District 41
Latrice McRae D
Jeff Tarte R (i)
Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners
Democrats will have an at-large primary, but three district incumbents are unopposed.
At large
Pat Cotham D (i)
Trevor Fuller D (i)
Elaine Powell D
Kim Ratliff D (i)
Ella Scarborough D
Scott Carlisle R
Emily Zuyus R
District 1
Leonard Richardson D
Jim Puckett R
District 2
Dondhi Burrell D
Vilma Leake D (i)
District 3
George Dunlap D (i)
District 4
Dumont Clarke D (i)
District 5
Art Cardenas D
Matthew Ridenhour R (i)
District 6
Bill James R (i)
Judge
District Judge Lisa Bell will move to Superior Court without opposition. None of these district judges have challengers: Donald Cureton Jr., Rickye McKoy-Mitchell, Paige McThenia, Regan Miller, Matt Osman, Sean Smith and Becky Thorne Tin. Two district judges have opponents.
Superior Court 26 B
Lisa Bell
Superior Court 26 C
Bob Bell
Justin William Moore
District Court (Viser seat)
Alicia Brooks
Casey Viser (i)
District Court (Nixon seat
Theo Nixon
Yolanda Trotman
District Attorney
After four years in office, Republican Andrew Murray essentially won re-election when no one filed to challenge him for a second term.
Sheriff
The retirement of Sheriff Chipp Bailey leaves the job open for the first time in six years. Bailey was appointed in 2008 and won election in 2010.
Irwin Carmichael D
Antoine Ensley D
Chris Hailey R
Louis Rango Jr., R
Clerk of Superior Court
Elisa Chinn Gary, D
Martha Efird, R
Paulina Havelka, R
This story was originally published February 28, 2014 at 8:40 PM with the headline "Who is in the running in the Charlotte region?."