Claire Green Fallon
Claire Green Fallon was a Democratic at-large representative on the Charlotte City Council in North Carolina. First elected in 2011, Green Fallon lost a re-election campaign in the primary election on September 12, 2017.
Biography
Fallon graduated from the New York School of Interior Design. She has been affiliated with the following organizations:
- Board member, Housing Trust
- Member, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission
- Member, Mayor’s Mentoring Alliance
- Member, Mixed Income Housing Coalition of Mecklenburg County
- Member, University Political Action Committee – Neighbors for a Safer Charlotte
- Founding member and president, NorthEast Coalition
- Past president, Legacy at Davis Lake Home Owners Association[1]
Elections
2017
The city of Charlotte, North Carolina, held elections for mayor and city council on November 7, 2017. A primary was held on September 12, 2017. A primary runoff was held on October 10, 2017, for the district 5 race. A candidate needed to receive over 40% of the vote in order to avoid a runoff election. All 11 seats on the city council were up for election. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was July 21, 2017.
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary election for four at-large seats on the Charlotte City Council.[2]
| Charlotte City Council, At-large Democratic Primary Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 James "Smuggie" Mitchell Incumbent |
19.38% | 22,063 |
| Braxton Winston II |
17.03% | 19,385 |
| Julie Eiselt Incumbent |
16.85% | 19,181 |
| Dimple Ajmera |
13.30% | 15,140 |
| Ryan McGill | 12.08% | 13,752 |
| Claire Green Fallon Incumbent | 11.22% | 12,772 |
| Roderick Davis | 5.70% | 6,486 |
| Jesse Boyd | 4.44% | 5,052 |
| Total Votes | 113,831 | |
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed September 18, 2017 | ||
2015
The city of Charlotte, North Carolina, held elections for mayor and city council on November 3, 2015. A primary took place on September 15, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was July 17, 2015.[3] At-large city council candidates in the Democratic primary were Laurence E. Bibbs, Darrell Bonapart, Bruce Clark, Julie Eiselt, Claire Green Fallon, Sean Gautam, Shawn Greeson, Mo Idlibby, Vi Lyles, Billy D. Maddalon, James "Smuggie" Mitchell and Aaron Sanders. Pablo Carvajal, John K. Powell, Jr. and David Michael Rice were unopposed in the Republican primary. In the general election, Democratic candidates Lyles, Mitchell, Eiselt and Fallon won election over Republican candidates Carvajal, Powell and Rice.[4][5][6]
| Charlotte City Council At-large, General election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Julie Eiselt |
17.0% | 44,419 | |
| Democratic | Vi Lyles Incumbent |
16.4% | 42,807 | |
| Democratic | Claire Green Fallon Incumbent |
15.8% | 41,352 | |
| Democratic | James "Smuggie" Mitchell |
14.3% | 37,406 | |
| Republican | John K. Powell, Jr. | 14.2% | 37,158 | |
| Republican | Pablo Carvajal | 11.7% | 30,517 | |
| Republican | David Michael Rice | 10.4% | 27,246 | |
| Write-in votes | 0.29% | 764 | ||
| Total Votes | 261,669 | |||
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Official General Election Results - Mecklenburg County," November 16, 2015 | ||||
| Charlotte City Council, At-large Democratic Primary, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|
Vi Lyles Incumbent |
18.8% | 19,194 | ||
| James "Smuggie" Mitchell |
17.3% | 17,689 | ||
| Julie Eiselt |
12.7% | 13,011 | ||
| Claire Green Fallon Incumbent |
11.8% | 12,029 | ||
| Billy D. Maddalon | 9.3% | 9,525 | ||
| Darrell Bonapart | 9% | 9,179 | ||
| Mo Idlibby | 6.6% | 6,759 | ||
| Bruce Clark | 3.8% | 3,872 | ||
| Aaron Sanders | 3.4% | 3,434 | ||
| Shawn Greeson | 3.1% | 3,198 | ||
| Sean Gautam | 2.3% | 2,369 | ||
| Laurence E. Bibbs | 2.1% | 2,106 | ||
| Total Votes | 102,365 | |||
| Source: Mecklenburg County Board of Elections, "Official primary election results," accessed September 24, 2015 | ||||
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See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ CharlotteNC.gov, "Claire Green Fallon, At-Large Council Member," accessed August 14, 2015
- ↑ Mecklenburg County Board of Elections, "Candidate List," accessed July 23, 2017
- ↑ Mecklenburg County Board of Elections, "Multi Year Election Schedule," accessed September 19, 2014
- ↑ Mecklenburg County Board of Elections, "Official primary election results," accessed September 24, 2015
- ↑ Mecklenburg County Board of Elections, "Official candidate list," accessed July 28, 2015
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Unofficial General Election Results - Mecklenburg County," November 3, 2015
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