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Candidates Set for 2015 Primary for Steele Creek Voters
Steele Creek voters who live within the Charlotte
city limits will choose among candidates for the following offices
in fall 2015 elections: All Steele Creek voters will choose among candidates for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education At-Large (3 seats) The first primary is on Tuesday, September 15. Steele Creek voters who reside within the Charlotte city limits will have three offices in the Democratic primary and one in the Republican primary. If necessary, the Second Primary will be on October 6. Primary winners will face off in the General Election on November 3. Mayor of Charlotte Democrats will choose from six candidates for Mayor of Charlotte in the primary: Michael D. Barnes, Daniel (Dan) Clodfelter (Incumbent), Roderick Davis, David L. Howard, DeJawon Joseph, and Jennifer Roberts. Republicans will choose from two candidates for Mayor of Charlotte in the primary: Edwin B. Peacock III and Scott Stone. Charlotte City Council At-Large (4 seats) Democrats also will narrow the field of candidates for At-Large seats on the Charlotte City Council from twelve to four in the primary. Candidates in the Democratic primary are Lawrence E. Bibbs, Darrell Bonapart, Bruce Clark, Julie Eiselt, Claire Green Fallon (Incumbent), Sean Gautam, Shawn Greeson, Mo Idlibby, Vi Lyles (Incumbent), Billy D. Maddalon, James (Smuggie) Mitchell, and Aaron Sanders. Republicans will not have a primary for At-Large seats on the Charlotte City Council. The three candidates who will be on the November 3 General Election ballot are Pablo Carvajal, John K. Powell, Jr, and David Michael Rice. Charlotte City Council District 3 All of the parts of Steele Creek within the Charlotte city limits are within Charlotte City Council District 3. Democrats will choose from three candidates: Rosa Hodge-Mustafa, LaWana Mayfield (Incumbent), and Warren F. Turner. Republicans will not have a primary for District 3. Eric Wayne Netter will be the Republican candidate on the November 3 General Election ballot. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education School Board District and At-Large representatives are elected every two years on a rotating schedule. All members serve four-year terms. The six District representatives were chosen in the November 2013 election. The three At-Large representatives are up for election in 2015. School Board elections are non-partisan. The nine candidates for the three seats are Angela Ambroise, Janeen Bryant, Larry Bumgarner, Elyse Dashew, Erica Ellis-Stewart (Incumbent), Lavester Flowers, Mary T. McCray (Incumbent), Jeremy Stephenson, and Amelia Stinson-Wesley.
The map above shows election precinct boundaries, numbers, and polling locations in Steele Creek. See maps of election districts in Steele Creek on the following page: Election Districts in Steele Creek. To verify your registration status, view sample ballots, and for more information about the 2015 Primary and General Election in Mecklenburg County, see Mecklenburg County Board of Elections. To comment on this story, please visit the Steele Creek Forum.
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(July
31, 2015) Candidates are set for this year's primaries for Charlotte Mayor,
Charlotte City Council, and Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board
At-Large.
