STEELE CREEK NEWS
Candidates Set for 2016 Local Primaries
(December
22, 2015) The candidate filing period for the 2016 elections ended
on Friday, so the candidates are now set for the state and local
primaries.
The first primary will be held on
Tuesday, March 15, 2016, nearly two months earlier than in previous
election years. Absentee voting by mail begins January 25, and
one-stop early voting begins on March 3.
The ballot will include the presidential primary and many
statewide contests, a well as races for judges at various levels.
For more information on these races, see
Mecklenburg County Board of Elections and
North Carolina
State Board
of Elections. Steele Creek residents may also
vote in primaries for Mecklenburg County offices and for candidates
for various districts that cover parts of Steele Creek.
The deadline
for registering for the primaries is Friday, February 19, but
registration for the November general election will continue through October
14.
Voters will have
to show a photo ID beginning in 2016 (with some exceptions). See the
NC Voter ID web
site for more information.
If necessary, the
second primary will be on either May 3 or May 24, depending on
whether federal contests require a second primary. Primary winners will face off
in the General Election on November 8, 2016.
Voters should be
aware of what district they live in for each race so that
they are familiar with the candidates forthose districts and are
prepared to cast their votes. (On the maps below, election precinct
boundaries and numbers are shown in red and Steele Creek is outlined
in green.)
The following are district and other
local races of interest
to Steele Creek residents.
U. S. House of Representatives
Currently
Steele Creek includes parts of Congressional Districts 9 and 12.
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Note that boundaries for United States Congressional districts currently are under litigation. The North Carolina General Assembly adopted new boundaries on Friday, February 19 that placed all of Steele Creek in new District 12. The new districts still have to be approved by the US Courts. If the new districts are approved, candidates will need to file in them beginning March 16. Unless the current districts are retained (which seems unlikely) there will be no official congressional candidates in North Carolina before March 16.
Candidates listed below are those that filed in the current
districts during the December filing period.
Congressional District 9
Republicans will
choose between two candidates in the primary: incumbent
Robert
Pittenger and challenger George Rouco.
Christian
Cano is the only Democratic candidate and will face the
winner of the Republican primary on the November ballot.
Congressional
District 12
Democrats will choose
from three candidates in the primary: incumbent
Alma Adams
and challengers
Gardenia Henley and Juan Antonio Marin, Jr.
Republicans will
choose between two candidates in the primary:
Ryan Duffie and Leon
Threatt.
North
Carolina Senate
Steele Creek includes parts of State Senate Districts 37 and 38.
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State Senate
District 37
There
will be no primary for State Senate District 37. Democratic
incumbent
Jeff Jackson
will face Republican challenger
Bob Diamond
in the November election.
State Senate
District 38
Democrats will choose between two candidates:
incumbent
Joel Ford
and challenger Roderick Davis.
The primary winner will face Republican challenger
Richard Rivette
in the November election.
North
Carolina House of Representatives
Steele Creek includes parts of State House Districts 92 and 102.
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North Carolina House District
92
Republicans will
choose between two candidates: incumbent
Charles Jeter
and challenger Tom Davis.
The Republican primary winner
will face Democratic challenger
Chaz Beasley
in the November election.
North Carolina House District
102
There will be no
primary for State House District 102. Incumbent Democrat
Becky Carney
will be running unopposed in the November election.
Mecklenburg
Board of County Commissioners
The Board of County
Commissioners has three members elected at large and six members
elected from districts. Steele Creek includes parts of County
Commissioner Districts 2 and 6. (See map at right. Click on the map
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County Commission At Large
Democrats will vote
for three people among four candidates in the primary: incumbents
Patricia (Pat) Cotham, Trevor
M. Fuller, and
Ella Scarborough
and challenger Damiko Faulkner.
There will be no Republican
primary.
Jeremy Brasch
will appear on the November ballot as the only Republican candidate.
County Commission District 2
Democrats will
choose among three candidates in the primary: incumbent
Vilma D. Leake
and challengers Lula Dualeh and Angela G.
Edwards.
There
are no Republican candidates, so the winner of the Democratic
primary will be unopposed in the general election.
County Commission District 6
Republicans will
choose between two candidates: incumbent
Bill James
and challenger Joel Levy. There are no Democratic candidates,
so the
Republican primary winner
will be running unopposed in the November election.
Mecklenburg County Register
of Deeds
Democrats will
choose between two candidates in the primary: incumbent
David Granberry and challenger
Fred Smith.
There are no Republican candidates, so the Democratic primary winner
will be running unopposed in the November election.
Also see maps on the following pages:
Voting Precincts and Polling Places in Steele Creek and
Election Districts in Steele Creek.
For more information
about the 2016 primary and general election in Mecklenburg County,
see
Mecklenburg County Board of Elections.
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