Matthew Grasela

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Matthew Grasela

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Republican Party

Matthew Grasela (Republican Party) ran for election for Mayor of Charlotte in North Carolina. Grasela did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on September 9, 2025.

Elections

2025

See also: Mayoral election in Charlotte, North Carolina (2025)

General election

General election for Mayor of Charlotte

Incumbent Vi Alexander Lyles, Terrie Donovan, and Rob Yates are running in the general election for Mayor of Charlotte on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate
		Vi Alexander Lyles (D)
	Submit photo	Terrie Donovan (R)
		Rob Yates (L)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mayor of Charlotte

Incumbent Vi Alexander Lyles defeated Brendan K. Maginnis, Jaraun Boyd, Tigress Sydney Acute McDaniel, and Delter Guin in the Democratic primary for Mayor of Charlotte on September 9, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Vi Alexander Lyles	70.7	27,506
		Brendan K. Maginnis	12.2	4,740
		Jaraun Boyd	10.0	3,898
		Tigress Sydney Acute McDaniel	4.2	1,632
		Delter Guin	2.8	1,102

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 38,878
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Terrie Donovan advanced from the Republican primary for Mayor of Charlotte.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Matthew Grasela (R)

Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Rob Yates advanced from the Libertarian primary for Mayor of Charlotte.

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Campaign themes

2025

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See also

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