Charlotte mayoral election, 2015

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Charlotte mayoral election, 2015
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Nominee Jennifer Roberts Edwin Peacock III
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote41,49837,905
Percentage52.0%48.0%
Mayor before election

Dan Clodfelter
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Jennifer Roberts
Democratic

The 2015 Charlotte mayoral election took place on November 3, 2015, to elect the Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina. Mayoral elections in Charlotte are biennial, with the winner being sworn-in in December.

Charlotte, North Carolina Largest city in North Carolina

Charlotte is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2017, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the population was 859,035, making it the 17th-most populous city in the United States. The Charlotte metropolitan area's population ranks 22nd in the U.S., and had a 2016 population of 2,474,314. The Charlotte metropolitan area is part of a sixteen-county market region or combined statistical area with a 2016 census-estimated population of 2,632,249.

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Primary elections were held on September 15, 2015, with primary runoffs held on October 6 since no candidate takes more than 40% of the vote.

Incumbent Democratic Party Mayor Dan Clodfelter has been in office since April 2014. He was appointed by the Charlotte City Council after Mayor Patrick Cannon, who was elected in 2013, resigned in March 2014 after being arrested for corruption. Cannon was later convicted and sentenced to 44 months in prison. [1] [2]

Democratic Party (United States) political party in the United States

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. Tracing its heritage back to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison's Democratic-Republican Party, the modern-day Democratic Party was founded around 1828 by supporters of Andrew Jackson, making it the world's oldest active political party.

Dan Clodfelter North Carolina politician

Daniel G. Clodfelter is an American politician and attorney from North Carolina. He served as a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the State's thirty-seventh Senate district, which includes constituents in Mecklenburg County, from January 1999 through April 8, 2014, when he resigned after being appointed Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina.

Charlotte City Council

The Charlotte City Council is the legislative body of the City of Charlotte and forms part of a council–manager system of government. The Council is made up of eleven members and the Mayor, all elected to two-year terms in odd-numbered years. Four Council Members are elected at-large with the other seven representing districts. Though elected separately, the Mayor presides over City Council meetings. A Mayor Pro Tem is elected by the members of the City Council to preside when the Mayor is absent, and to assume the office of Mayor in an acting capacity should the Mayor no longer be able to do so.

In December 2014, Clodfelter filed to run in the 2015 election. [3]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Michael Barnes was the mayor pro tempore of Charlotte, North Carolina. He also served as acting mayor for a short time following the resignation of former mayor Patrick Cannon, who was arrested on March 26, 2014 for corruption charges. Barnes immediately became acting mayor upon Cannon's resignation. The City Council was then required to appoint a mayor to serve out the remainder of Cannon's term. On April 7, the council voted to appoint Dan Clodfelter, a state senator, as the new mayor.

Mecklenburg County, North Carolina County in the United States

Mecklenburg County is a county located in the southwestern region of the state of North Carolina, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 919,618. It increased to 1,034,070 as of the 2015 estimate, making it the most populous county in North Carolina and the first county in the Carolinas to surpass 1 million in population. Its county seat and largest city is Charlotte.

County commission

A county commission is a group of elected officials charged with administering the county government in some states of the United States. County commissions are usually made up of three or more individuals. In some counties in Georgia however, a sole commissioner holds the authority of the commission.

Results

Round One

CandidatesDemocratic Primary Election - Sept. 15 [8]
CandidatePartyVotesPercent
Jennifer RobertsDemocratic11,07035.77%
Dan ClodfelterDemocratic7,97825.78%
David L. HowardDemocratic7,33523.70%
Michael D. BarnesDemocratic4,32613.98%
Roderick DavisDemocratic1500.48%
DeJawon W. JosephDemocratic860.28%

Roberts won the Sept. 15 primary but she did not receive 40 percent of the vote, and in such cases, North Carolina law allows for a "second primary," or runoff, between the top two vote-getters. [9] The runner-up, Clodfelter, requested a runoff which will was held on October 6th. [10]

Two-round system voting system used to elect a single winner where a second round of voting is used if no candidate wins an absolute majority in the first round

The two-round system is a voting method used to elect a single winner, where the voter casts a single vote for their chosen candidate. However, if no candidate receives the required number of votes, then those candidates having less than a certain proportion of the votes, or all but the two candidates receiving the most votes, are eliminated, and a second round of voting is held.

Round Two

CandidatesDemocratic Primary Election Runoff - Oct. 6 [11]
CandidatePartyVotesPercent
Jennifer RobertsDemocratic12,81154.3%
Dan ClodfelterDemocratic10,78445.7%

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Edwin Bruton Peacock III is an American politician from North Carolina. He is a member of the Republican Party and was one of Charlotte's four At-Large City Council members, the only Republican elected to the post in 2009. He is also an active member of the Charlotte Downtown Rotary, a board member of Carolina's Freedom Foundation, on the Charlotte Country Day School Alumni Board, a graduate of Leadership Charlotte, and a member of Myers Park Presbyterian Church. He and his wife, Amy, have two children.

Results

CandidatesRepublican Primary Election - Sept. 15 [8]
CandidatePartyVotesPercent
Edwin Peacock IIIRepublican8,35766.15%
Scott StoneRepublican4,27733.85%

General election

CandidatesGeneral Election - Nov. 3
CandidatePartyVotesPercent
Jennifer RobertsDemocratic41,74952.2%
Edwin Peacock IIIRepublican38,01947.6%

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References

  1. ↑ "Dan Clodfelter selected as Charlotte's new mayor". WGHP. April 7, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Dan Clodfelter selected as mayor of Charlotte". WBTV. April 7, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Clodfelter Will Run for Charlotte Mayor". MyFoxCarolinas. December 30, 2014. Archived from the original on December 31, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
  4. ↑ Steve Crump (January 23, 2015). "David Howard to enter 2015 Charlotte mayoral race". WBTV3. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
  5. 1 2 Mecklenburg Board of Elections
  6. ↑ "Charlotte mayoral field growing for 2015". Charlotte Business Journal. December 22, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Jennifer Roberts says she's running for Charlotte mayor next year". The Charlotte Observer. May 28, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  8. 1 2 NC State Board of Elections Sept. 15 Primary Results
  9. ↑ Charlotte Observer
  10. ↑ WSOC-TV
  11. ↑ "WBT". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
  12. ↑ "Charlotte businessman announces run for mayor". WSOC-TV . March 12, 2015. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Peacock Says City Council Got Selection Process All Wrong". WMYT. April 9, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Mayor Clodfelter optimistic in 'State of the City' address". WSOCTV. January 13, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
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