How to find the Charlotte Observer’s endorsements for 2022 midterm elections
Early voting begins Thursday in North Carolina’s 2022 midterm election, which will take place on Nov. 8. The stakes are high: a wide range of offices at the local, state and federal level are on the ballot this year, and they wield a lot of power over important issues.
Here’s how to find the candidates the Editorial Board is recommending in races on the Mecklenburg County ballot. We’ll continue to provide endorsements in the coming week.
You can learn more about this year’s endorsement process here. For more information about the candidates themselves and how to vote, check out the Charlotte Observer’s complete voter guide.
Statewide races
Endorsement: The Editorial Board’s choice in North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race
Endorsement: The Editorial Board’s choices in North Carolina Supreme Court races
Endorsements: Our choices for NC Court of Appeals, Superior Court races
Mecklenburg races
Charlotte Observer endorsements: Our choices for US House Districts 12 and 14
Charlotte Observer endorsements: Our choices for NC House
Charlotte Observer endorsements: Our choices in NC Senate races
Charlotte Observer endorsements: Our choices for CMS school board
Charlotte Observer endorsements: Our choices for Mecklenburg commissioners, bonds
BEHIND THE STORY
MOREHow we do our endorsements
Members of the combined Charlotte Observer and Raleigh News & Observer editorial boards are conducting interviews and research of candidates in municipal and state elections. The combined board is led by N.C. Opinion Editor Peter St. Onge, who is joined in Raleigh by deputy Opinion editor Ned Barnett and in Charlotte by deputy Opinion editor Paige Masten. Board members also include Observer editor Rana Cash and News & Observer editor Nicole Stockdale.
The editorial board also talks with others who know the candidates and have worked with them. When we’ve completed our interviews and research, we discuss each race and decide on our endorsements.
This story was originally published October 20, 2022 at 6:00 AM.