2022 Charlotte mayoral election

The 2022 mayoral election in Charlotte, North Carolina was held on July 26, 2022. This reflected a delay from the original schedule of the election, which would ordinarily have taken place in November 2021. Delays in the United States Census prompted delays for cities in the state that elect city council members by district in odd-numbered years. Charlotte's City Council had the option of holding the mayoral election on schedule in 2021, but voted to hold all elections at the same time.[1]

2022 Charlotte mayoral election

← 2019 July 26, 2022 2023 →
 
Nominee Vi Lyles Stephanie de Sarachaga-Bilbao
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 49,324 22,580
Percentage 68.42% 31.32%

Lyles:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      ≥90%
de Sarachaga-Bilbao:      50–60%      60–70%
Tie:      50%
     No data

Mayor before election

Vi Lyles
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Vi Lyles
Democratic

Charlotte's partisan primaries were held on May 17, the same day as the North Carolina statewide primary.[2]

The incumbent mayor, Democrat Vi Lyles, was first elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2019. She sought re-election to a third term and easily defeated Republican Stephanie de Sarachaga-Bilbao.[3]

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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  • Tigress Sydney Acute McDaniel[4]
  • Tae McKenzie[5]
  • Lucille Puckett[4]

Primary results

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Democratic primary results by precinct
  Lyles
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   ≥90%
  No data
  •   No data
Democratic primary results[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Vi Lyles (incumbent) 48,569 84.11
Democratic Lucille Puckett 4,275 7.40
Democratic Tigress Sydney Acute McDaniel 2,614 4.53
Democratic Tae McKenzie 2,286 3.96
Total votes 57,744 100.00

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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  • Stephanie de Sarachaga-Bilbao[4]

Eliminated in primary

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Primary results

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Republican primary results by precinct
  de Sarachaga-Bilbao
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   ≥90%
  Moustafa
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   80–90%
  Tie
  •   50%
  No data
  •   No data
Republican primary results[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Stephanie de Sarachaga-Bilbao 15,624 70.42
Republican M. Moustafa 6,562 29.58
Total votes 22,186 100.00

General election

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Results

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2022 Charlotte mayoral election[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Vi Lyles (incumbent) 49,324 68.42
Republican Stephanie de Sarachaga-Bilbao 22,580 31.32
Write-in 186 0.26
Total votes 72,090 100.00
Democratic hold

References

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  1. ^ Charlotte Observer
  2. ^ WFAE
  3. ^ a b Ablon, Matthew (November 25, 2021). "Lyles confirms 2022 re-election run in Thanksgiving video". WCNC. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c Bruno, Joe (March 2, 2022). "Charlotte Republicans file to run for local offices". WSOC-TV. Archived from the original on March 5, 2022. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  5. ^ a b Mecklenburg County Board of Elections: CANDIDATE LIST GROUPED BY CONTEST
  6. ^ a b "NC SBE Contest Results". er.ncsbe.gov. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  7. ^ "NC SBE Contest Results". er.ncsbe.gov. Retrieved July 27, 2022.