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City elections in Greensboro, North Carolina (2022)

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2022 Greensboro elections
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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: 9 (click here for mayoral elections)
Election type: Nonpartisan
Other municipal elections
U.S. municipal elections, 2022

The city of Greensboro, 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]

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Candidates and results

City Council

General election

Greensboro City Council general election, 2022

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
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Office Candidates
at-large (3 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngMarikay Abuzuaiter (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngHugh Holston (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngYvonne Johnson (i)
Tracy Furman  Candidate Connection
Katie Rossabi 
Linda Wilson 
District 1

Green check mark transparent.pngSharon Hightower (i)
Felton Foushee 
District 2

Green check mark transparent.pngGoldie Wells (i)
Cecile Crawford 
District 3

Green check mark transparent.pngZack Matheny 
Heather Hogan  (Write-in)
Chip Roth  (Write-in)

Did not make the ballot:
Chip Roth 

District 4

Green check mark transparent.pngNancy Hoffmann (i)
Thurston H. Reeder Jr. 
District 5

Green check mark transparent.pngTammi Thurm (i) Candidate Connection
Tony Wilkins 

Primary

Greensboro City Council primary, 2022

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
  • Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
  • * = The primary was canceled and the candidate advanced.
Office Candidates
at-large (3 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngMarikay Abuzuaiter (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngHugh Holston (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngYvonne Johnson (i)
Taffy L. Buchanan 
Melodi Fentress  Candidate Connection
Green check mark transparent.pngTracy Furman  Candidate Connection
Franca Jalloh  Candidate Connection
Dustin Keene 
Green check mark transparent.pngKatie Rossabi 
Green check mark transparent.pngLinda Wilson 
District 1

Green check mark transparent.pngSharon Hightower (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngFelton Foushee 
Timothy Kirkpatrick 
District 2

Green check mark transparent.pngGoldie Wells (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngCecile Crawford 
LaToya B. Gathers  Candidate Connection
Portia Shipman 
District 3

Bill Marshburn 
Green check mark transparent.pngZack Matheny 
Green check mark transparent.pngChip Roth 
District 4

Green check mark transparent.pngNancy Hoffmann* (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngThurston H. Reeder Jr.
District 5

Green check mark transparent.pngTammi Thurm (i) Candidate Connection
Robert Bodenhamer 
Green check mark transparent.pngTony Wilkins 

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About the city

See also: Greensboro, North Carolina

Greensboro is a city in Guilford County, North Carolina. As of 2020, its population was 299,035.

City government

See also: Council-manager government

The city of Greensboro uses 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 Greensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro North Carolina
Population 299,035 10,439,388
Land area (sq mi) 130 48,623
Race and ethnicity**
White 45.5% 67.6%
Black/African American 42.4% 21.4%
Asian 5.4% 3%
Native American 0.6% 1.2%
Pacific Islander 0.1% 0.1%
Other (single race) N/A 3.2%
Multiple 3.4% 3.6%
Hispanic/Latino 8% 9.5%
Education
High school graduation rate 89.9% 88.5%
College graduation rate 39.4% 32%
Income
Median household income $49,492 $56,642
Persons below poverty level 18.4% 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

Greensboro, North Carolina North Carolina Municipal government Other local coverage
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