Leigh Altman

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Leigh Altman

Democratic Party

Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large

Tenure

2020 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

4

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Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

New College of Florida, 1994

Law

Florida State College of Law, 1997

Personal

Profession

Attorney

Contact

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Leigh Altman (Democratic Party) is an at-large member of the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners in North Carolina. She assumed office on December 7, 2020. Her current term ends on December 2, 2026.

Altman (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners in North Carolina. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Leigh Altman received a bachelor's degree from New College of Florida in 1994 and a J.D. from Florida State College of Law in 1997. Her professional experience includes being an attorney. She has been affiliated with the Democratic Women of Mecklenburg County, the Mecklenburg County Democratic Party, the Mecklenburg County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council, and Habitat for Humanity, Charlotte.

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (2024)

General election

General election for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large (3 seats)

Incumbent Arthur Griffin Jr., Yvette Townsend-Ingram, and incumbent Leigh Altman won election in the general election for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Arthur Griffin Jr. (D)	34.0	419,319
✔	Submit photo	Yvette Townsend-Ingram (D)	33.1	407,703
✔		Leigh Altman (D)	32.9	406,294

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,233,316
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large (3 seats)

Incumbent Leigh Altman, incumbent Arthur Griffin Jr., and Yvette Townsend-Ingram defeated incumbent Pat Cotham and Blake Van Leer in the Democratic primary for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Leigh Altman	26.0	58,331
✔	Submit photo	Arthur Griffin Jr.	24.8	55,639
✔	Submit photo	Yvette Townsend-Ingram	23.8	53,336
	Submit photo	Pat Cotham	17.6	39,446
		Blake Van Leer	7.9	17,722

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 224,474
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Altman in this election.

2022

See also: Municipal elections in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (2022)

General election

General election for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large (3 seats)

Incumbent Pat Cotham, incumbent Leigh Altman, and Arthur Griffin Jr. defeated Tatyana Thulien in the general election for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Pat Cotham (D)	28.7	243,309
✔		Leigh Altman (D)	27.4	231,956
✔	Submit photo	Arthur Griffin Jr. (D)	27.3	231,026
	Submit photo	Tatyana Thulien (R)	16.6	140,299

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 846,590
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Pat Cotham	24.9	48,964
✔	Submit photo	Arthur Griffin Jr.	19.6	38,372
✔		Leigh Altman	18.4	36,150
	Submit photo	Yvette Townsend-Ingram	14.0	27,437
		Jennifer De La Jara	13.2	25,880
	Submit photo	Trina V. Boyd	9.9	19,470

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 196,273
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Tatyana Thulien advanced from the Republican primary for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large.

2020

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

General election

General election for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large (3 seats)

Incumbent Ella Scarborough, incumbent Pat Cotham, and Leigh Altman won election in the general election for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Ella Scarborough (D)	34.0	359,025
✔	Submit photo	Pat Cotham (D)	33.9	357,206
✔		Leigh Altman (D)	32.1	338,911

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,055,142
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Ella Scarborough	22.9	89,452
✔	Submit photo	Pat Cotham	20.9	81,884
✔		Leigh Altman	15.1	58,867
		Ray McKinnon	13.8	54,101
	Submit photo	Brenda Stevenson	12.4	48,475
	Submit photo	Tera Lee Long	6.2	24,108
		Tigress Sydney Acute McDaniel	4.6	17,976
	Submit photo	Lloyd Scher	4.1	16,102

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 390,965
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Endorsements

To view Altman's endorsements in the 2020 election, please click here.

2018

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

General election

General election for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners District 4

Mark Jerrell won election in the general election for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners District 4 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Jerrell (D)	100.0	43,596

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 43,596 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners District 4

Mark Jerrell defeated Leigh Altman and Queen Thompson in the Democratic primary for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners District 4 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Jerrell	40.8	4,057
		Leigh Altman	37.1	3,689
		Queen Thompson	22.1	2,200

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 9,946
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Leigh Altman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

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Leigh Altman completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Altman's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I have spent my 17-year legal career as a public-interest attorney working for kids and families. I first served the Attorney General of Georgia as lead counsel for Georgia's consumer protection and fair housing agencies. There I won a landmark $21 million verdict on behalf of 18,000 victims of mail fraud. When we moved to Charlotte, I became a guardian ad litem for seniors and adults with disabilities, and most recently I served as a staff attorney at the Council for Children's Rights representing at-risk kids. My work history is directly relevant to the work of the County Commission which oversees a $1.9 billion budget for public health, mental health, welfare, education, and the environment. Because of this, and because I am the mother of three boys in our county's public schools, the work of the County Commission is personal for me.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• I will fight for families, and I have a strong track record of success.
• Data and science should guide how we develop strategies to achieve our goals.
• Our diversity is our single greatest community asset.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Improving community access to high-quality workforce development programs.

Ensuring graduating seniors have access to career counseling and a plan to achieve a good-paying job in a 21st century economy.

Expanding universal access to pre-K for all four-year-olds.

Increasing funding for parks and greenways.

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

Assistant Attorney General

Office of the Attorney General of Georgia
Atlanta, GA
1997 - 2003
Lead attorney for Georgia's Commission on Equal Opportunity

Lead attorney for Georgia's Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs

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