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Dan Clodfelter
Dan Clodfelter was a member of the North Carolina Utilities Commission. Clodfelter assumed office on July 1, 2017. Clodfelter left office in 2023.
Prior to his appointment, Clodfelter had served as a Democratic mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina. He was appointed on April 9, 2014, to replace outgoing Mayor Patrick Cannon in the wake of Cannon's arrest on federal corruption charges. Clodfelter's appointment was for a partial term. It expired in December 2015.
Prior to being appointed mayor of Charlotte, Clodfelter was a Democratic member of the North Carolina State Senate, representing District 37 from 1999 until April 8, 2014. He served as Minority Caucus Leader.[1]
On December 30, 2014, Clodfelter filed paperwork to run for a full two-year term in Charlotte's 2015 municipal elections.[2] He was defeated in the Democratic primary runoff on October 6, 2015.
Biography
Clodfelter attended Oxford University and earned his B.A. from Davidson College. He later earned his J.D. from Yale University in 1972. Clodfelter was a member of the Charlotte City Council from 1987 to 1993. His professional experience includes working as an attorney for Moore and Van Allen.
Political career
North Carolina Utilities Commission (2017 - 2023)
Clodfelter was appointed to the commission for a six-year term starting on July 1, 2017, by Gov. Roy Cooper (D).[3]
Mayor of Charlotte (2014-2015)
Clodfelter was named mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, on April 8, 2014, following the resignation of former mayor Patrick Cannon. Although Clodfelter sought election to a full term as mayor, he was defeated in the second round of voting in the Democratic primary election by Jennifer Roberts.[4]
North Carolina State Senate (1999-2014)
Clodfelter was first elected to represent District 37 in the state Senate in 1998. Clodfelter took office in 1999 and served until April 8, 2014, when he resigned to serve as mayor of Charlotte.[5]
Charlotte City Council (1987-1993)
Clodfelter held a seat on the Charlotte City Council from 1987 until 1993.[6]
Campaign themes
2015
Clodfelter's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[7]
Economy & jobs
- Excerpt: "[W]e must focus more of our attention on supporting the growth and expansion of existing businesses, new startups, and high-growth innovators. These are the companies moving forward that will generate most of the job growth needed by local citizens. Businesses like these are more likely to hire locally rather than just relocating employees from other regions."
Education
- Excerpt: "We are currently watching the slow but steady withdrawal of the basic state support and state resources that had sustained our public schools for over a hundred years. This is an alarming development, and fighting that trend must be a top priority."
Inclusiveness
- Excerpt: "There is no more important challenge today for Charlotte than to tackle the contradiction that exists between our strong overall prosperity overall and the well-documented difficulty many citizens experience in being able to move up the ladder of opportunity."
Neighborhood vitality
- Excerpt: "Our challenge, as the City grows larger and more dense, is twofold; to help revitalizing neighborhoods withstand the pressure of rising property taxes that could drive out long-time residents and businesses, and to assist established neighborhoods maintain their stability and attractiveness for residents."
Environment & sustainability
- Excerpt: "Communities who get it right on three critical variables – waste reduction, wise use of water resources, and transportation efficiency – will be the winners in a world where resource constraints are becoming more and more urgent. As a City we must step up efforts to reduce generation of solid waste and increase reliance on recycling. We must build a regionally integrated and resilient water supply system with maximum emphasis on efficiency and conservation. We must support aggressive expansion of our mass transit systems and find new ways to finance their construction."
Relationship with state government
- Excerpt: "The way forward will require that the State recognize and accept the need for greater local flexibility and greater local control over resources than has existed in the past. At the same time it will require local governments, especially those in the State’s major urban centers, to shoulder greater responsibility for some functions that historically have been primarily State financed and State controlled."
Committee assignments
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Clodfelter served on the following committees:
| North Carolina committee assignments, 2013 |
|---|
| • Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources |
| • Appropriations on Justice and Public Safety |
| • Finance |
| • Judiciary I |
| • Program Evaluation |
| • Ways & Means |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Clodfelter served on these committees:
| North Carolina committee assignments, 2011 |
|---|
| • Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources |
| • Commerce |
| • Finance |
| • Judiciary I |
| • Program Evaluation |
| • Ways & Means |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Clodfelter served on these committees:
| North Carolina committee assignments, 2009 |
|---|
| • Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources |
| • Appropriations/Base Budget |
| • Finance |
| • Judiciary I |
| • Pensions & Retirement & Aging |
| • Rules and Operations of the Senate |
Elections
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. A primary runoff took place on October 6, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was July 17, 2015.[8] In the mayoral race, incumbent Dan Clodfelter faced Councilman Michael D. Barnes, Roderick Davis, Councilman David L. Howard, DeJawon Joseph and Jennifer Roberts in the Democratic primary. Because no candidate received more than 40 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters - Clodfelter and Roberts - met in a primary runoff election, which Roberts won.[9] Edwin B. Peacock III defeated Scott Stone in the Republican primary.[10] Roberts defeated Peacock in the general election.[11][12]
| Mayor of Charlotte, General election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Jennifer Roberts |
52.3% | 41,749 | |
| Republican | Edwin Peacock | 47.6% | 38,019 | |
| Write-in votes | 0.14% | 112 | ||
| Total Votes | 79,880 | |||
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Official General Election Results - Mecklenburg County," November 16, 2015 | ||||
| Mayor of Charlotte Democratic Primary, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|
Jennifer Roberts |
54.3% | 12,811 | ||
| Dan Clodfelter Incumbent | 45.7% | 10,784 | ||
| Total Votes | 23,595 | |||
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Official primary runoff results," accessed October 22, 2015 | ||||
| Mayor of Charlotte Democratic Primary, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|
Jennifer Roberts |
35.8% | 11,106 | ||
| Dan Clodfelter Incumbent |
25.8% | 7,998 | ||
| David L. Howard | 23.7% | 7,369 | ||
| Michael D. Barnes | 14% | 4,335 | ||
| Roderick Davis | 0.5% | 152 | ||
| DeJawon Joseph | 0.3% | 86 | ||
| Total Votes | 31,046 | |||
| Source: Mecklenburg County Board of Elections, "Official primary election results," accessed September 24, 2015 | ||||
| Mayor of Charlotte Republican Primary, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|
Edwin B. Peacock III |
66.1% | 8,354 | ||
| Scott Stone | 33.9% | 4,275 | ||
| Total Votes | 12,629 | |||
| Source: Mecklenburg County Board of Elections, "Official primary election results," accessed September 24, 2015 | ||||
2012
Clodfelter ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on May 8 and defeated Michael Alan Vadini (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[13]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Dan Clodfelter Incumbent |
67% | 51,376 | |
| Republican | Michael Alan Vadini | 33% | 25,325 | |
| Total Votes | 76,701 | |||
2010
Clodfelter won re-election to the North Carolina State Senate District 37, defeating Colvin Edwards (R).[14]
| North Carolina Senate, General Election Results, District 37 (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Daniel G. Clodfelter (D)
|
24,956 | 61.45% | ||
| Colvin Edwards (R) | 15,656 | 38.55% | ||
Clodfelter was unopposed in the primary election on May 4, 2010.[15]
2008
On November 4, 2008, Clodfelter was elected to the 37th District Seat in the North Carolina State Senate, besting Vince Coscia (R) and Rusty Sheridan (L).[16] Clodfelter raised $139,520 for his campaign, while Coscia and Sheridan did not raise any money.[17]
| North Carolina Senate, District 37 (2008) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Daniel G. Clodfelter (D)
|
48,608 | |||
| Vince Coscia (R) | 20,315 | |||
| Rusty Sheridan (L) | 2,733 | |||
Campaign finance summary
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Personal
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Clodfelter currently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina.
See also
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Cities in North Carolina
- North Carolina State Senate
- Senate Committees
- General Assembly of North Carolina
- Joint Committees
- North Carolina state legislative districts
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Charlotte Observer, "N.C. Sen. Dan Clodfelter named Charlotte mayor," April 8, 2014
- ↑ Mecklenburg County Clerk's Office, "Statement of Organization: Candidate Committee," accessed December 31, 2014
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedncuc - ↑ The Charlotte Observer, "Jennifer Roberts wins Democratic mayoral runoff, will face Republican Edwin Peacock," October 6, 2015
- ↑ The Charlotte Observer, "N.C. Sen. Dan Clodfelter named Charlotte mayor," April 7, 2014
- ↑ The New York Times, "Charlotte Names New Mayor Amid Scandal," April 7, 2014
- ↑ Dan Clodfelter campaign website, "My Vision," accessed August 13, 2015
- ↑ Mecklenburg County Board of Elections, "Multi Year Election Schedule," accessed September 19, 2014
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Unofficial primary runoff results," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 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
- ↑ North Carolina Board of Elections, "Candidate lists," accessed March 9, 2012
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "2010 General Election Results," accessed August 14, 2014
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "2010 Primary Election Results," accessed August 14, 2014
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "2008 General Election Results," accessed March 25, 2015
- ↑ Follow the Money, "North Carolina Senate spending, 2008," accessed August 14, 2014
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Don M. Bailey |
North Carolina Utilities Commission 2017-2023 |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
Mayor of Charlotte 2014-2015 |
Succeeded by Jennifer Roberts (D) |
| Preceded by - |
North Carolina State Senate District 37 1999-2014 |
Succeeded by Jeff Jackson (D) |
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Charlotte City Council District 1 1987-1993 |
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