How to find The Charlotte Observer’s endorsements for 2024 primary elections
Early voting has begun in North Carolina’s 2024 primary elections, which takes place on Tuesday, March 5. A number of statewide offices, including governor and lieutenant governor, are on the ballot, as well as competitive races for Congress and the state legislature.
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
NC governor endorsements: Our choices in the Democratic and GOP primaries
Endorsements: Our choices in the crowded GOP and Dem primaries for NC Lt. Governor
Endorsements: Our choices in strong state auditor and NC treasurer primaries
NC endorsements: Editorial board’s choices in 6 important Council of State primaries
Endorsement: Our choice among strong primary candidates for NC attorney general
Mecklenburg races
Endorsements: Our choices in Mecklenburg County’s crowded congressional primaries
Endorsements: Our choices for NC House, Senate primaries in Mecklenburg County
Observer endorsements: Our choices in Mecklenburg commissioner primaries
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 February 20, 2024 at 12:00 PM.