2025 Charlotte mayoral election

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2025 Charlotte mayoral election
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  2023 November 4, 20252027 
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Candidate Vi Lyles Terrie Donovan
Party Democratic Republican

Mayor before election

Vi Lyles
Democratic

Elected mayor

TBD

The 2025 Charlotte mayoral election will be held on November 4, 2025, to elect the Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina to a two-year term. The primary election will be held on September 9, 2025. [1] Incumbent mayor Vi Lyles is running for re-election to a fifth term as mayor.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Vi Lyles
Organizations

Results

Democratic primary [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Vi Lyles (incumbent) 27,594 70.74%
Democratic Brendan Maginnis4,75112.18%
Democratic Jaraun "Gemini" Boyd3,92210.05%
Democratic Tigress McDaniel1,6354.19%
Democratic Delter Guin III1,1072.84%
Total votes39,009 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Terrie Donovan, real estate businesswoman [7]

Withdrawn

  • Matthew T. Grasela [7]

Third-party and independent candidates

Libertarian Party

General election

Results

2025 Charlotte mayoral election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Vi Lyles (incumbent)
Republican Terrie Donovan
Libertarian Rob Yates
Write-in
Total votes100.00

References

  1. DeVayne, Richard. "Candidate filing kicks off in Charlotte with 2025 elections in view". WCNC-TV . Retrieved July 8, 2025.
  2. Ramsey, Mary (July 10, 2025). "Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles will seek fifth term in 2025 reelection bid". The Charlotte Observer . Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Sands, Alexandria. "Who's running for Charlotte City Council in 2025". Axios . Retrieved July 18, 2025.
  4. Harrison, Steve. "Jennifer Roberts won't run for Charlotte mayor". WFAE . Retrieved July 21, 2025.
  5. "EMILYs List Endorses Eileen Higgins and Vi Lyles in Mayoral Races". EMILY's List . August 27, 2025. Retrieved September 11, 2025.
  6. "CITY OF CHARLOTTE MAYOR - DEM (VOTE FOR 1)". North Carolina State Board of Elections . Retrieved September 10, 2025.
  7. 1 2 Kay, Julie; Grosch, Sarah. "Republican Terrie Donovan joins Charlotte mayoral race against Vi Lyles". WCNC-TV . Retrieved July 18, 2025.