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City elections in Charlotte, North Carolina (2022)
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: March 4, 2022 |
| Primary election: May 17, 2022 General election: July 26, 2022 |
| Election stats |
| Offices up: Mayor and city council |
| Total seats up: 12 (click here for mayoral elections) |
| Election type: Partisan |
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The city of Charlotte, North Carolina, held general elections for mayor and city council on July 26, 2022. A primary was scheduled for May 17, 2022. The filing deadline for this election was March 4, 2022.
The offices were originally scheduled to be on the ballot in 2021. They were moved to 2022 due to redistricting delays.[1][2]
On Dec. 8, 2021, the Supreme Court of North Carolina ordered that the state's 2022 primary election be postponed from March 8 to May 17. The postponement applied to all primaries originally scheduled for March 8, 2022. The court suspended candidate filing, which had been scheduled to close on Dec. 17. The court issued the order in response to two separate lawsuits challenging North Carolina's newly enacted congressional and state legislative district plans. The court cited "great public interest in the subject matter of these cases, the importance of the issues to the constitutional jurisprudence of this State, and the need for urgency in reaching a final resolution on the merits" as its rationale for ordering the postponement.[3]
Click here to learn more about the city's mayoral election.
Elections
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Candidates and results
City Council
General election
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Charlotte City Council primary, 2022 |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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Curtis Marvin Hayes Jr. |
The Republican primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: North Carolina elections, 2022
May 17, 2022
- United States Senate election in North Carolina, 2022
- North Carolina's 8th Congressional District election, 2022
- North Carolina's 12th Congressional District election, 2022
- North Carolina's 14th Congressional District election, 2022
- North Carolina State Senate elections, 2022
- North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2022
- North Carolina Supreme Court elections, 2022
- North Carolina intermediate appellate court elections, 2022
- Municipal elections in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (2022)
- Mayoral election in Charlotte, North Carolina (2022)
- Union County Public Schools, North Carolina, elections (2022)
July 26, 2022
November 8, 2022
- United States Senate election in North Carolina, 2022
- North Carolina's 8th Congressional District election, 2022
- North Carolina's 12th Congressional District election, 2022
- North Carolina's 14th Congressional District election, 2022
- North Carolina State Senate elections, 2022
- North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2022
- North Carolina Supreme Court elections, 2022
- North Carolina intermediate appellate court elections, 2022
- Municipal elections in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (2022)
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, North Carolina, elections (2022)
- Gaston County, North Carolina, elections, 2022
- Union County Public Schools, North Carolina, elections (2022)
- Charlotte, North Carolina, Housing Bond Measure (November 2022)
- Charlotte, North Carolina, Neighborhood Infrastructure Bond Measure (November 2022)
- Charlotte, North Carolina, Transportation Bond Measure (November 2022)
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About the city
- See also: Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte is a city located in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. As of 2020, its population was 874,579.
City government
- See also: Council-manager government
Since 1929, the city of Charlotte has utilized a council-manager system. In this form of municipal government, an elected city council—which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body—appoints a chief executive called a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and implement the council's policy and legislative initiatives.[4]
Demographics
The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
| Demographic Data for Charlotte, North Carolina | ||
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| Charlotte | North Carolina | |
| Population | 874,579 | 10,439,388 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 309 | 48,623 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 46.7% | 67.6% |
| Black/African American | 35.5% | 21.4% |
| Asian | 6.6% | 3% |
| Native American | 0.4% | 1.2% |
| Pacific Islander | 0% | 0.1% |
| Other (single race) | N/A | 3.2% |
| Multiple | 4.1% | 3.6% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 14.6% | 9.5% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 89.4% | 88.5% |
| College graduation rate | 44.8% | 32% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $65,359 | $56,642 |
| Persons below poverty level | 11.9% | 14% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
See also
| Charlotte, North Carolina | North Carolina | Municipal government | Other local coverage |
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Footnotes
- ↑ North Carolina Legislature, "Senate Bill 722," accessed July 7, 2021
- ↑ Mecklenburg County, "Election Information," accessed July 7, 2021
- ↑ Reuters, "North Carolina Supreme Court delays primary elections until May 2022," December 9, 2021
- ↑ City of Charlotte, "Government at a Glace," accessed August 26, 2014
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