2023 Charlotte mayoral election

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2023 Charlotte mayoral election
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  2022 November 7, 20232025 
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Nominee Vi Lyles Misun Kim
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote64,26318,644
Percentage73.3%21.4%

2023 Charlotte mayoral election results map by precinct.svg
2023 Charlotte mayoral election results map by city council district.svg
Lyles:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     ≥90%
Kim:      40–50%     60–70%
     No data

Mayor before election

Vi Lyles
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Vi Lyles
Democratic

The 2023 mayoral election in Charlotte, North Carolina was held on November 7, 2023. The primary election for the Democratic Party was held on September 12, 2023, while only one candidate each filed for the Republican Party and Libertarian Party. [1]

Contents

The incumbent Mayor, Democrat Vi Lyles, was first elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2019 and 2022. She was eligible to seek re-election for a fourth term and won.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Primary results

Democratic primary results by precinct
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Lyles
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
>=90%
Puckett
>=90%
No data
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Democratic primary results by precinct
  Lyles
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   ≥90%
  Puckett
  •   ≥90%
  No data
  •   No data
Democratic primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Vi Lyles (incumbent) 20,109 85.36
Democratic Lucille Puckett3,44914.64

Republican primary

Nominee

Libertarian primary

Nominee

General election

Results

2023 Charlotte mayoral election [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Vi Lyles (incumbent) 64,623 73.62
Republican Misun Kim18,64421.36
Libertarian Rob Yates4,0624.65
Write-in 3160.36
Total votes87,285 100.00

Notes

  1. Absentee ballots have yet to be allocated to precincts, making these results unofficial.

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