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Julie Eiselt
Julie Eiselt (Democratic Party) was an at-large member of the Charlotte City Council in North Carolina. Eiselt assumed office in 2015. Eiselt left office on September 6, 2022.
Eiselt (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the Charlotte City Council in North Carolina. Eiselt won in the general election on November 5, 2019.
Biography
Eiselt was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She earned a bachelor's degree in Spanish from Indiana University and a master's degree in international management/finance from the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University. Her career experience includes working in commercial and investment banking in foreign countries and with NationsBank/Bank of America. Eiselt is the founder of Neighbors for a Safer Charlotte. She was appointed by Governor Roy Cooper to the North Carolina State Banking Commission.
She was first elected to the Charlotte City Council in 2015. As of November 11, 2020, Eiselt was Mayor Pro Tem.[1][2]
Elections
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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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.
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.[3]
| 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.[4]
| 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.[5] 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.[6][7][8]
| 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
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Julie Eiselt did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Eiselt's campaign website stated the following:
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As Charlotte blazes a path ahead into the rest of the 21st Century, we must establish a city that provides a variety of economic opportunities for each of its residents, including affordable housing and workforce and job training. I’m proud to have been on Council to help put a $50,000,000 housing bond on the ballot in November of 2018 that, when paired with the massive outpouring of private support from companies with a significant community footprint, will open up unprecedented new opportunities to support affordable housing across the city. Working side-by-side with this effort is the City’s steps to better equip residents for new and varied employment opportunities. Among these are the Workforce Development Program, kick-started by $2,000,000 in seed funding shepherded by Council’s Economic Development Committee, to help adults and young people who face significant barriers to employment, as well as connect long-term residents to the tools they need to remain as anchors of their communities. Charlotte must continue to support and develop new and existing programs that sustain productive and dynamic economic activity and function as a pillar of upward mobility.
The chief value of cities is their diversity, but too often we are segregated into neighborhoods that create silos of interaction and opportunity that are too hard to break out of. To increase the connectivity of our communities, Charlotte needs a transportation network that grows and adapts to the patterns of life and movement in the city, and gets people to work, to school, to the doctor, or to the grocery store in a manner that is quick and efficient. As Chair of City Council’s Transportation and Planning Committee, I continue to advocate for expanded rail access to more parts of our city as an added link connecting our communities. Beyond the Light Rail, more flexibility in our CATS network, including decentralization of bus routes to allow for more direct access around the county, promotes the kind of mobility we need for a thriving community. The average one-way trip on a CATS bus is 90 minutes long, and the City must take steps to give people those hours back in their day to spend at work or with their families. And any modern transit network must be equipped with safe and accessible pedestrian and bicycle transit options, as well as smart assimilation of new micro-transit technologies.
Growing up, I was free to run and play in the woods behind our neighborhood with kids of all different ages. We should aspire to create a Charlotte where we don’t just feel, but are safe enough in our communities to allow our children the freedom that we had. I am proud to have initiated the planning and implementation of the JumpStart Microgrant Program that provides grants from $500 to $5000 for community-driven safety and advocacy programs to help equip neighborhoods with the tools, resources, and connections they need to effectively address crime in the community, affect grassroots change, and to grow into the next leaders of Charlotte. Together, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department and the residents they serve can come together to develop strategies for community policing, which protect not only the lives and property of residents, but also the trust and the relationships on which this thriving urban community depends.
Like every large urban area across the country, Charlotte is home to a diverse array of people and communities, each unique in the character that they bring to the city as a whole. I remain proud of my vote to expand the City’s non-discrimination ordinance to include protections for an even greater segment of local residents, and would do so again. The recommendations of my Council colleagues on the Immigrant Community Committee to ensure access to City services and information in five different languages, as well as other diversity and inclusion initiatives, will go a long way to enhancing the level of support that the City can provide to all of our residents. However, these solutions are not final. I am always moved by my conversations with people from all around Charlotte to find new ways to protect and empower the voices and experiences of members of the immigrant, LGBTQ, Black, and other communities that together weave a rich tapestry of what it means to be a Charlottean.[9] |
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| —Julie Eiselt’s campaign website (2019)[10] | ||
2017
Eiselt's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[11]
Workforce
- Excerpt: "Charlotte is the second fastest growing city in the country, yet many employers say Charlotte’s talent pool lacks skilled workers at all levels. We must do better to bridge this gulf by developing a home-grown work force, starting at the high school level. That’s why I support the Charlotte City Council's economic development commitment to connecting businesses with nonprofit partners. This includes innovative programs that provide industry-related certification preparation along with wrap-around services that help an individual move from poverty to gainful employment. I am passionate about building vocational training capacity for at-risk young people who typically have fewer employment contacts and lack access to good paying jobs compared to their middle and upper-class counterparts."
Public safety
- Excerpt: "Fostering positive relationships between CMPD and residents is a core strategy for proactive crime prevention in Charlotte. But it goes beyond community policing: residents need to know they can hold elected officials and police officers accountable for keeping them safe – and that means we must all build a better foundation of trust, transparency and communication."
Opportunity
- Excerpt: "Accessing opportunity starts with having choices for affordable housing and transportation. As a city we must cultivate innovative affordable housing strategies, and invest in alternative and low-cost transportation investments such as safe bike routes and pedestrian walkways."
2015
Eiselt's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[12]
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Public safety
Economic development
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See also
2019 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Julie Eiselt campaign website, "About Julie," accessed August 27, 2019
- ↑ City of Charlotte, "Mayor Pro Tem Julie Eiselt," accessed November 11, 2020
- ↑ Mecklenburg County Board of Elections, "Candidate List," accessed July 23, 2017
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Julie Eiselt’s campaign website, “Priorities,” accessed August 25, 2019
- ↑ Julie Eiselt campaign website, "Priorities," accessed September 7, 2017
- ↑ Julie Eiselt campaign website, "Issues," accessed August 14, 2015
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