Dimple Ajmera

Dimple Ajmera

Democratic Party

Candidate, Charlotte City Council At-large

Charlotte City Council At-large

Tenure

2017 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

7

Prior offices

Charlotte City Council District 5

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Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 7, 2023

Next election

September 9, 2025

Education

High school

Southern High School

Associate

Chaffey College

Bachelor's

University of Southern California

Personal

Profession

Certified public accountant

Contact

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Dimple Ajmera (Democratic Party) is an at-large member of the Charlotte City Council in North Carolina. She assumed office on December 4, 2017. Her current term ends on December 1, 2025.

Ajmera (Democratic Party) is running for re-election for an at-large seat of the Charlotte City Council in North Carolina. She is on the ballot in the Democratic primary on September 9, 2025.^[source]

Ajmera previously represented District 5 on the Charlotte City Council. She was appointed to the seat in January 2017 to replace John Autry. She was elected to an at-large seat on November 7, 2017.

Biography

Ajmera was born in Surat, India, and came to the United States when she was 16. She initially lived in Los Angeles, California, but later moved to Durham, North Carolina. Ajmera attended Southern High School in Durham. Ajmera earned an associate degree from Chaffey Community College and a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Southern California in 2008. She earned her CPA license in 2011. Ajmera's career experience includes working for TIAA-CREF in North Carolina and for Deloitte & Touche LLP in Los Angeles. Ajmera has served on the Charlotte Housing Authority board. She was first elected to the Charlotte City Council in 2017.

Elections

2025

See also: City elections in Charlotte, North Carolina (2025)

General election

The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

The primary will occur on September 9, 2025. The general election will occur on November 4, 2025. Additional general election candidates will be added here following the primary.

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

Misun Kim and Edwin Peacock are running in the general election for Charlotte City Council At-large on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Misun Kim (R)
		Edwin Peacock (R)

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Democratic primary election

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

The following candidates are running in the Democratic primary for Charlotte City Council At-large on September 9, 2025.

		Candidate
		Dimple Ajmera
		James Mitchell
	Submit photo	LaWana Slack-Mayfield
		Victoria Watlington
	Submit photo	Matt Britt
		Roderick Davis
	Submit photo	Will Holley
	Submit photo	J.G. Lockhart
	Submit photo	Emerson Stoldt
	Submit photo	Namrata Yadav

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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Misun Kim and Edwin Peacock advanced from the Republican primary for Charlotte City Council At-large.

Endorsements

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2023

See also: City elections in Charlotte, North Carolina (2023)

General election

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

Incumbent Victoria Watlington, incumbent Dimple Ajmera, incumbent James Mitchell, and incumbent LaWana Slack-Mayfield defeated Steven DiFiore II in the general election for Charlotte City Council At-large on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Victoria Watlington (D)	23.2	65,869
✔		Dimple Ajmera (D)	23.1	65,625
✔		James Mitchell (D)	22.2	63,053
✔	Submit photo	LaWana Slack-Mayfield (D)	21.6	61,270
		Steven DiFiore II (L)	8.2	23,312
		Other/Write-in votes	1.6	4,489

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 283,618
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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 September 12, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dimple Ajmera	21.7	19,164
✔	Submit photo	LaWana Slack-Mayfield	19.9	17,579
✔		James Mitchell	18.8	16,669
✔		Victoria Watlington	17.9	15,818
		Charlene Henderson El	12.9	11,447
		Ben Copeland	8.8	7,820

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 88,497
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Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Steven DiFiore II advanced from the Libertarian primary for Charlotte City Council At-large.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Ajmera in this election.

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: North Carolina Treasurer election, 2020

General election

General election for North Carolina Treasurer

Incumbent Dale Folwell defeated Ronnie Chatterji in the general election for North Carolina Treasurer on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dale Folwell (R)	52.6	2,812,799
		Ronnie Chatterji (D)	47.4	2,537,019

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,349,818
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for North Carolina Treasurer

Ronnie Chatterji defeated Dimple Ajmera and Matthew Leatherman in the Democratic primary for North Carolina Treasurer on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ronnie Chatterji	35.8	411,732
		Dimple Ajmera	34.0	390,888
		Matthew Leatherman	30.2	347,226

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,149,846
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Dale Folwell advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina Treasurer.

2019

See also: City elections in Charlotte, North Carolina (2019)

General election

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

Incumbent Julie Eiselt, incumbent Braxton Winston II, incumbent James Mitchell, and incumbent Dimple Ajmera defeated Joshua Richardson in the general election for Charlotte City Council At-large on November 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Julie Eiselt (D)	23.9	67,713
✔		Braxton Winston II (D)	22.1	62,607
✔		James Mitchell (D)	22.0	62,508
✔		Dimple Ajmera (D)	20.0	56,759
		Joshua Richardson (R)	11.3	32,167
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	1,784

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 283,538
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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 September 10, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Braxton Winston II	19.4	45,018
✔		James Mitchell	17.0	39,482
✔		Dimple Ajmera	15.9	36,936
✔		Julie Eiselt	15.9	36,868
		LaWana Mayfield	14.8	34,409
		Jorge Millares	11.8	27,514
		Chad Stachowicz	5.3	12,208

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 232,435
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Joshua Richardson advanced from the Republican primary for Charlotte City Council At-large.

Endorsements

Ajmera was endorsed by the Southern Piedmont Central Labor Council.

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

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary election for four at-large seats on the Charlotte City Council.

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

Endorsements

Ajmera received the following endorsements in 2017:

• Mecklenburg County Black Political Caucus
• Launchprogress PAC
• VoteProChoice
• New South Progressives.
• Run for Something
• Black Political Caucus of Charlotte-Mecklenburg
• The Charlotte Post
• New South Progressives
• Que Pasa Mi Gente
• People for the American Way
• LaunchProgress PAC
• VoteProChoice

Campaign themes

2025

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2023

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2022

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2020

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2019

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Dimple Ajmera completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Ajmera's responses.

What would be your top three priorities, if elected?

My top three priorities would be environment, economic development, and affordable housing. I played an integral role in securing the funding and neighborhood support for the affordable housing development, St. John's Place, which serves some of the most vulnerable members of our community. As City Council member for District 5 in 2017, continuing through my historic 2017 at large victory, I have worked tirelessly to bring traction and economic opportunities to the 69-acre Eastland site, an area left undeveloped for more than eight years. I was honored to Chair the Environment Committee and help Charlotte become a global leader in sustainability with bipartisan support. The adoption of the Strategic Energy Action Plan (SEAP) is the city's first-ever framework to transition to a low carbon future. Within 24-hours of its passing, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg visited Charlotte to announce a $2.5 million grant from his foundation toward Charlotte's efforts to fight climate change.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I am personally passionate about environment and public safety. In the city's 2018-19 budget, I supported and helped pass the allotment of $2 million for improvements to a barn in the Belmont neighborhood - a 36,000-square-foot space that the city wants to turn into an innovation lab for trash. It's called the "circular economy initiative," a push to move the city toward zero waste by turning products like plastic or paper into something reusable and useful. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will receive $4.6 million from the county to improve safety and security at every school. In 2018, I held an important town hall "SAFETY in OUR SCHOOLS" with panelists CMPD Chief Kerr Putney; Dr. Clayton Wilcox, CMS Superintendent; and Margaret Marshall, CMS Board Member. We addressed how the funding will be used. Attendees also learned how they can take steps to recognize school violence before it happens and help someone in need.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

My family immigrated to America from India when I was a 16-years old with little means, seeking opportunity for their children. I met my soulmate in spring 2018 and was married to Dr. Vaibhav Bajaj on November 4, 2018. My mother, sister and brother still reside in California. Sadly, my father passed away six years ago. He was always a huge advocate for contributing the community and doing the something for the better good of everyone. He was the inspiration for my life-change – to leave a lucrative career to become a civil servant.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

I worked in Deloitte & Touche LLP (Los Angeles, CA) for 1 year from 2008-2009.

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Campaign website

Ajmera's campaign website stated the following:

“	My platform and successes include: Affordable Housing Economic Development Environment Infrastructure Public Safety Women's Equality	”
—Dimple Ajmera’s campaign website (2019)

2017

Candidate survey

See also: Ballotpedia's municipal government candidate survey

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

“	Economic Mobility, Public Safety, Trust and Equity for all of our diverse Charlotte Residents.	”
—Dimple Ajmera (July 27, 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	Housing	7	City services (trash, utilities, etc.)
2	Homelessness	8	Government transparency
3	Crime reduction/prevention	9	Environment
4	Transportation	10	K-12 education
5	Unemployment	11	Public pensions/retirement funds
6	Civil rights	12	Recreational opportunities

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	Federal
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	Public outreach/education programs
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?	Our diversity long term opportunities.
What is the one thing you’d most like to change about your city?	Economic Mobility problems.

Additional themes

Ajmera's website highlighted the following campaign themes:

Economic opportunities

• Excerpt: "Economic opportunity provides avenues for advancement and progress on the individual, local, and municipal levels. One of my most firm beliefs is that our economic system should be fair, fulfill our basic needs, and offer opportunity to everyone regardless of socioeconomic status. For this reason, I advocate for and develop initiatives which support economic mobility."

Infrastructure

• Excerpt: "Investment in infrastructure unleashes potential and connects our community. Citizens can travel to their places of work, worship, school, and other spaces integral to our wonderful community. Developing infrastructure empowers Charlotteans, and enables us to build a future that makes our city and citizens stronger."

Safe neighborhoods

• Excerpt: "I am acutely aware of the importance of keeping our neighborhoods safe for all residents. I am a strong advocate for growing and maintaining safe neighborhoods throughout Charlotte. All neighborhoods should be beautiful, clean, and safe, while promoting a sense of community and togetherness."

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