LaWana Slack-Mayfield
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2022 - Present
2025
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LaWana Slack-Mayfield (Democratic Party) is an at-large member of the Charlotte City Council in North Carolina. She assumed office on September 6, 2022.
Slack-Mayfield (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the Charlotte City Council in North Carolina. She won in the general election on November 4, 2025.
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in Charlotte, North Carolina (2025)
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 November 4, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dimple Ajmera (D) | 21.3 | 94,979 |
| ✔ |  | Victoria Watlington (D) | 21.0 | 93,586 |
| ✔ |  | James Mitchell (D) | 19.9 | 88,594 |
| ✔ | LaWana Slack-Mayfield (D) | 19.4 | 86,268 | |
 | Edwin Peacock (R) | 10.3 | 45,881 | |
 | Misun Kim (R) | 8.1 | 36,303 | |
| Total votes: 445,611 | |||
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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 9, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dimple Ajmera | 20.8 | 30,435 |
| ✔ | LaWana Slack-Mayfield | 17.5 | 25,612 | |
| ✔ | | James Mitchell | 16.1 | 23,624 |
| ✔ | | Victoria Watlington | 15.6 | 22,849 |
| Namrata Yadav | 8.9 | 13,102 | ||
 | Matt Britt | 5.9 | 8,701 | |
 | Roderick Davis | 5.0 | 7,382 | |
 | Will Holley | 4.6 | 6,726 | |
| J.G. Lockhart | 3.9 | 5,721 | ||
| Emerson Stoldt | 1.6 | 2,314 | ||
| Total votes: 146,466 | |||
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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
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Slack-Mayfield in this election.
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 |
| ✔ | LaWana Slack-Mayfield (D) | 21.6 | 61,270 | |
 | Steven DiFiore II (L) | 8.2 | 23,312 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.6 | 4,489 | ||
| Total votes: 283,618 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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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 |
| ✔ | 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 | |
| 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 Slack-Mayfield 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 |
| ✔ | 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 | ||
| Total votes: 282,125 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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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 |
| ✔ | LaWana Slack-Mayfield | 17.7 | 37,461 | |
| ✔ | | James Mitchell | 16.2 | 34,331 |
 | Larken Egleston | 14.0 | 29,637 | |
| Patrick Cannon | 12.2 | 25,789 | ||
| 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 |
| David Michael Rice | 12.6 | 10,281 | ||
| Total votes: 81,318 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
LaWana Slack-Mayfield did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2023
LaWana Slack-Mayfield did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
LaWana Slack-Mayfield did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2025 Elections
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