Research 2022 candidates for Charlotte mayor and City Council

The Charlotte Observer asked all mayor and City Council candidates with a competitive primary to complete a questionnaire with biographical and issue-focused questions.

Click the names below to read their response to the candidate questionnaire. No questionnaire is available for candidates who did not respond. For mayor and district seats, voters pick one person. For at-large seats, voters pick up to four.

The 2022 primary election will be held May 17. In-person early voting began April 28.

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 in Mecklenburg County.

Democrats running for mayor

Vi Alexander Lyles | Tigress Sydney Acute McDaniel (did not respond) | Tae McKenzie | Lucille Puckett

Republicans running for mayor

Mohamed Moustafa | Stephanie de Sarachaga-Bilbao

Democrats running at large

Dimple Ajmera | Patrick Cannon | Larken Egleston | James (Smuggie) Mitchell | LaWana Slack-Mayfield | Braxton Winston

Republicans running at large

Kyle J. Luebke | David Merrill | Charlie Mulligan | Carrie Olinski | David Michael Rice (did not respond)

Charlotte City Council District 1, Democrats

Dante Anderson | Charlene Henderson El | Billy Madalon

District 2, Democrats

Kendrick Cunningham | Malcolm Graham | Amar Johnson

District 3, Democrats

Tiawana Deling Brown | Victoria Watlington

District 4, Democrats

Cedric Dean | Darlene Heater | Renee Perkins Johnson

District 5, Democrats

Liz Millsaps Haigler | Curtis Marvin Hayes Jr. | Marjorie Molina | Vinroy Reid (did not respond) | Mark Vincent

District 6, Democrats

Stephanie Hand | Rob Hillman | Nancy Wiggins

This story was originally published May 9, 2022 at 10:55 AM.