Arthur Griffin Jr.
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2022 - Present
2026
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Arthur Griffin Jr. (Democratic Party) is an at-large member of the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners in North Carolina. He assumed office on December 1, 2022. His current term ends on December 2, 2026.
Griffin (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners in North Carolina. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
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 | ||
| ✔ | Arthur Griffin Jr. (D) | 34.0 | 419,319 | |
| ✔ | Yvette Townsend-Ingram (D) | 33.1 | 407,703 | |
| ✔ |  | Leigh Altman (D) | 32.9 | 406,294 |
| 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 |
| ✔ | Arthur Griffin Jr. | 24.8 | 55,639 | |
| ✔ | Yvette Townsend-Ingram | 23.8 | 53,336 | |
| Pat Cotham | 17.6 | 39,446 | ||
 | Blake Van Leer | 7.9 | 17,722 | |
| Total votes: 224,474 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Griffin 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 | ||
| ✔ | Pat Cotham (D) | 28.7 | 243,309 | |
| ✔ | | Leigh Altman (D) | 27.4 | 231,956 |
| ✔ | Arthur Griffin Jr. (D) | 27.3 | 231,026 | |
| Tatyana Thulien (R) | 16.6 | 140,299 | ||
| 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 | ||
| ✔ | Pat Cotham | 24.9 | 48,964 | |
| ✔ | Arthur Griffin Jr. | 19.6 | 38,372 | |
| ✔ | | Leigh Altman | 18.4 | 36,150 |
| Yvette Townsend-Ingram | 14.0 | 27,437 | ||
 | Jennifer De La Jara | 13.2 | 25,880 | |
| Trina V. Boyd | 9.9 | 19,470 | ||
| 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.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Arthur Griffin Jr. did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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