Research 2022 candidates for Charlotte mayor, City Council in July municipal election

The Charlotte Observer asked all mayoral and City Council candidates to answer biographical and issue-focused questions in advance of the July municipal election.

Click the names below to read their response to the candidate questionnaire. For mayor and district seats, voters pick one person. For at-large seats, voters pick up to four.

The 2022 municipal election is Tuesday, July 26. Early voting began Thursday, July 7. Only voters who live in the Charlotte city limits will be able to vote in the election. Candidates for districts 1, 4, 5 and 7 do not face competition in the July election.

Go here for more information about requesting a mail-in ballot to vote absentee. Go here to find your polling place, verify registration and see a sample ballot. Go here to see a list of every candidate on the ballot.

Candidates for mayor

Vi Alexander Lyles | Stephanie de Sarachaga-Bilbao

Candidates for at-large City Council

Dimple Ajmera | James (Smuggie) Mitchell | LaWana Slack-Mayfield | Braxton Winston | Kyle J. Luebke | David Merrill | Charlie Mulligan | Carrie Olinski

Candidates for District 2

Malcolm Graham | Mary Lineberger-Barnett

Candidates for District 3

Victoria Watlington | James Bowers (didn’t respond to a request for a Q&A)

Candidates for District 6

Tariq Bokhari | Stephanie Hand

This story was originally published July 8, 2022 at 1:39 PM.

Will Wright

The Charlotte Observer

Will Wright covers politics in Charlotte and North Carolina. He previously covered eastern Kentucky for the Lexington Herald-Leader, and worked as a reporting fellow at The New York Times.