David Michael Rice

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David Michael Rice

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Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

May 17, 2022

David Michael Rice (Republican Party) ran for election for an at-large seat of the Charlotte City Council in North Carolina. Rice lost in the Republican primary on May 17, 2022.

Rice was a nonpartisan candidate for Mecklenburg Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor in 2020. He was defeated in the general election on November 3, 2020. He was a Republican candidate for Mayor of Charlotte in North Carolina. Rice lost in the general election on November 5, 2019. Rice was a nonpartisan candidate for Mecklenburg Soil and Water Conservation District in North Carolina. Rice lost the general election on November 6, 2018.

Biography

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David Michael Rice's career experience includes real estate investment and development, and retail pharmacy.

Elections

2022

See also: City elections in Charlotte, North Carolina (2022)

General election

General election for Charlotte City Council At-large (4 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Charlotte City Council At-large on July 26, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dimple Ajmera (D)	16.6	46,751
✔		Braxton Winston II (D)	16.3	46,045
✔	Submit photo	LaWana Slack-Mayfield (D)	15.1	42,582
✔		James Mitchell (D)	15.1	42,509
		Kyle Luebke (R)	10.1	28,600
		David Merrill (R)	9.0	25,385
		Carrie Olinski (R)	8.9	25,000
		Charlie Mulligan (R)	8.8	24,698
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	555

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 282,125
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Charlotte City Council At-large (4 seats)

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Charlotte City Council At-large on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Braxton Winston II	21.1	44,761
✔		Dimple Ajmera	18.9	40,073
✔	Submit photo	LaWana Slack-Mayfield	17.7	37,461
✔		James Mitchell	16.2	34,331
		Larken Egleston	14.0	29,637
	Submit photo	Patrick Cannon	12.2	25,789

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 212,052
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Charlotte City Council At-large (4 seats)

David Merrill, Charlie Mulligan, Carrie Olinski, and Kyle Luebke defeated David Michael Rice in the Republican primary for Charlotte City Council At-large on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Merrill	24.0	19,541
✔		Charlie Mulligan	22.7	18,461
✔		Carrie Olinski	20.8	16,885
✔		Kyle Luebke	19.9	16,150
	Submit photo	David Michael Rice	12.6	10,281

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 81,318
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2020

See also: Municipal elections in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (2020)

General election

General election for Mecklenburg Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors

Rich George defeated David Michael Rice, Duncan St. Clair III, and Gregory Denlea in the general election for Mecklenburg Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rich George (Nonpartisan)	27.0	111,500
	Submit photo	David Michael Rice (Nonpartisan)	26.1	108,039
		Duncan St. Clair III (Nonpartisan)	24.6	101,790
		Gregory Denlea (Nonpartisan)	20.8	85,863
		Other/Write-in votes	1.5	6,077

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 413,269
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2019

See also: Mayoral election in Charlotte, North Carolina (2019)

General election

General election for Mayor of Charlotte

Incumbent Vi Alexander Lyles defeated David Michael Rice in the general election for Mayor of Charlotte on November 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Vi Alexander Lyles (D)	77.3	70,886
	Submit photo	David Michael Rice (R)	22.3	20,459
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	414

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 91,759
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mayor of Charlotte

Incumbent Vi Alexander Lyles defeated Roderick Davis, Lucille Puckett, Joel Odom, and Tigress Sydney Acute McDaniel in the Democratic primary for Mayor of Charlotte on September 10, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Vi Alexander Lyles	86.6	60,089
		Roderick Davis	4.2	2,945
		Lucille Puckett	4.2	2,894
		Joel Odom	3.6	2,526
		Tigress Sydney Acute McDaniel	1.3	924

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 69,378
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. David Michael Rice advanced from the Republican primary for Mayor of Charlotte.

2018

See also: Municipal elections in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (2018)

General election

General election for Mecklenburg Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors (2 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Mecklenburg Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nancy Carter (Nonpartisan)	27.3	138,661
✔		Barbara Bleiweis (Nonpartisan)	21.5	108,898
	Submit photo	Lilly Taylor (Nonpartisan)	18.6	94,263
	Submit photo	David Michael Rice (Nonpartisan)	13.7	69,744
		Tigress Sydney Acute McDaniel (Nonpartisan)	9.4	47,901
		Duncan St. Clair III (Nonpartisan)	8.7	44,198
		Other/Write-in votes	0.8	3,927

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 507,592 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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2017

See also: Mayoral election in Charlotte, North Carolina (2017) and Municipal elections in Charlotte, North Carolina (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 Charlotte City Council at-large general election.

Charlotte City Council, At-large General Election, 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Julie Eiselt Incumbent	17.29%	73,348
	Democratic	Braxton Winston II	16.51%	70,030
	Democratic	James "Smuggie" Mitchell Incumbent	16.45%	69,777
	Democratic	Dimple Ajmera	14.59%	61,882
	Republican	John K. Powell Jr.	11.38%	48,277
	Republican	Parker Cains	10.39%	44,068
	Republican	David Michael Rice	8.19%	34,733
	Libertarian	Steven DiFiore II	5.07%	21,514
		Write-in votes	0.15%	645
Total Votes				424,274
Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Official General Election Results," November 16, 2017

2015

See also: Charlotte, North Carolina municipal 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. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was July 17, 2015. 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.

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

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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David Michael Rice did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

David Michael Rice did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2019

David Michael Rice did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.

2017

See also: Ballotpedia's municipal government candidate survey

Rice participated in Ballotpedia's 2017 survey of municipal government candidates. The following sections display his responses to the survey questions. When asked what his top priority would be if elected, the candidate made the following statement:

“	job creation	”
—David Michael Rice (July 25, 2017)

Ranking the issues

The candidate was asked to rank the following issues by importance in the city, with 1 being the most important and 12 being the least important: city services (trash, utilities, etc.), civil rights, crime reduction/prevention, environment, government transparency, homelessness, housing, K-12 education, public pensions/retirement funds, recreational opportunities, transportation, and unemployment. This table displays this candidate's rankings from most to least important.

Issue importance ranking
Candidate's ranking	Issue	Candidate's ranking	Issue
1	Environment	7	No item ranked at this value by the candidate.
2	No item ranked at this value by the candidate.	8	No item ranked at this value by the candidate.
3	Civil rights	9	No item ranked at this value by the candidate.
4	Homelessness	10	No item ranked at this value by the candidate.
5	Public pensions/retirement funds	11	No item ranked at this value by the candidate.
6	Crime reduction/prevention	12	No item ranked at this value by the candidate.

Nationwide municipal issues

The candidate was asked to answer questions from Ballotpedia regarding issues facing cities across America. The questions are in the left column and the candidate's responses are in the right column. Some questions provided multiple choices, which are noted after those questions.

Question	Response
Is it important for the city’s budget to be balanced?Answer options: Not important; Not important, but required by state law; A little important; A little important, but required by state law; Important; Very important	Important
Which level of government do you feel should set a minimum wage?Answer options: None, Local, State, Federal	Local
What do you think is the best way to improve a city’s public safety? Candidates could write their own answer or choose from the following options: Increased economic opportunities, Increased police presence/activity, Harsher penalties for offenders, Public outreach/education programs	Harsher penalties for offenders
How do you think your city should emphasize economic development? Candidates could write their own answer or choose from the following options: Changing zoning restrictions, Create a more competitive business climate, Focusing on small business development, Instituting a citywide minimum wage, Recruiting new businesses to your city, Regulatory and licensing reforms, and tax reform	Focusing on small business development
What is the one thing you’re most proud of about your city?	the sky line, clean streets
What is the one thing you’d most like to change about your city?	manufacturing jobs in high tech industry

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