All 3 Charlotte bond questions passed and Lakesha Womack beat Tim Moore in the 14th District. Cooper won 76% of the Mecklenburg vote for U.S. Senate.
Charlotte voters approved all three city bond questions Tuesday, letting the city borrow $425 million for streets, housing and neighborhood projects.
Across Mecklenburg County, Democrats won every contested county office and every legislative seat that lies wholly inside the county. In the 14th Congressional District, Democrat Lakesha Womack beat Republican U.S. Rep. Tim Moore by 6,415 votes districtwide.
All 195 Mecklenburg precincts had reported by Wednesday afternoon. The figures here are the unofficial county results posted by the N.C. State Board of Elections. They can still change before the county certifies them. In the Senate race alone, 439,955 votes were cast in the county.
Charlotte’s three bond questions
Only voters inside the city limits decided the bonds. All 169 city precincts reported.
| Bond | Yes | No | Yes share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transportation, $280 million | 204,868 | 116,785 | 63.7% |
| Housing, $125 million | 199,281 | 122,477 | 61.9% |
| Neighborhood improvements, $20 million | 214,184 | 107,632 | 66.6% |
The transportation bond pays for streets, sidewalks, bridges, bike paths and traffic signals. The housing bond pays for housing for people with low or moderate incomes. Our preview of the three questions sets out what each can pay for and what the ballot said each would cost.
Congress
Three U.S. House districts take in parts of Mecklenburg County. Two of them reach into neighboring counties, so the county vote does not decide them alone. The districtwide totals come from the state board’s statewide results.
| District | Winner, districtwide | Runner-up | Margin | Mecklenburg vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12th | Alma Adams (D), 219,672 (81.2%) | Jack Codiga (R), 50,864 | 168,808 | All in Mecklenburg |
| 14th | Lakesha Womack (D), 147,388 (51.1%) | Tim Moore (R), 140,973 | 6,415 | Womack 73,515, Moore 37,712 |
| 8th | Mark Harris (R), 147,094 (50.4%) | Colby Watson (D), 141,915 | 5,179 | Watson 33,301, Harris 23,056 |
In the 8th District, Green Party candidate Bo Whitehead took 2,890 votes districtwide. Voters in the Mecklenburg part of the district favored Watson. U.S. Rep. Mark Harris won the district on the strength of the vote in other counties.
U.S. Senate and statewide races
Democrat Roy Cooper won the U.S. Senate race statewide with 2,467,963 votes, or 58.7%. Republican Michael Whatley had 1,643,088, or 39.1%. Mecklenburg gave Cooper 333,549 votes (75.8%) to Whatley’s 97,841 (22.2%). Libertarian Shannon W. Bray and Green Party candidate Michael Dublin split the rest.
For the N.C. Supreme Court, Democrat Anita Earls won statewide with 58.9% over Republican Sarah Stevens. Democrats John S. Arrowood, Tobias Hampson and Christine Marie Walczyk won the three N.C. Court of Appeals seats.
The three constitutional amendments
All three amendments passed statewide. Mecklenburg voted against one of them.
| Amendment, as the state board lists it | Mecklenburg | Statewide |
|---|---|---|
| Require photo ID for voting | 49.0% for, 51.0% against | Passed, 59.6% for |
| Maximum income tax rate of 3.5% | 53.1% for | Passed, 61.9% for |
| Property tax levy limit | 53.2% for | Passed, 60.4% for |
The photo ID question lost in Mecklenburg by 8,929 votes, 223,131 to 214,202. It passed statewide with 2,463,276 votes for and 1,669,764 against.
Board of County Commissioners
All nine seats on the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners went to Democrats. Only one had an opponent on the ballot.
- At-large (three seats): Arthur Griffin Jr., Leigh Altman and Yvette Townsend-Ingram, the only three candidates
- District 1: Morris “Mac” McAdoo, unopposed
- District 2: Monifa “Mo” Drayton, 54,548 votes (83.5%), over Republican Angela White Edwards, 10,776
- District 3: George Dunlap, unopposed
- District 4: Mark Jerrell, unopposed
- District 5: Charles DeLoach, unopposed
- District 6: Susan Rodriguez-McDowell, unopposed
Sheriff Garry L. McFadden, District Attorney Spencer Merriweather and Clerk of Superior Court Elisa Chinn Gary had no opponents. For the two Soil and Water Conservation District seats, Barbara Bleiweis (210,845) and Michael Betterly (181,264) finished first and second of five candidates.
The General Assembly
Contested N.C. Senate races with Mecklenburg voters:
- District 37: Republican Vickie Sawyer won districtwide, 51,692 to 39,588 (56.6%), over Democrat Raygan J. Angel. The five Mecklenburg precincts in the district favored Angel, 8,964 to 7,086.
- District 40: Democrat Joyce Waddell, 56,925 (83.6%), over Republican Bobbie Shields
- District 41: Democrat Caleb Theodros, 69,771 (84.5%), over Republican Kevin Gray
- District 42: Democrat Woodson Bradley, 57,203 (58.9%), over Republican Stacie McGinn
Democrats Mujtaba A. Mohammed (District 38) and DeAndrea Salvador (District 39) were unopposed.
Contested N.C. House races, all wholly in Mecklenburg:
- District 88: Democrat Mary Belk, 23,537 (78.0%), over Republican Ray Craig
- District 98: Democrat Beth Helfrich, 23,447 (60.1%), over Republican John Rhodes
- District 104: Democrat Brandon Lofton, 24,901 (65.0%), over Republican Trina Boyd
- District 105: Democrat Ken McCool, 24,608 (57.1%), over Republican Tricia Ann Cotham, 18,479
The other eight House seats in the county had one candidate each.
What it means for you
- The city can now borrow the $425 million. Approval lets Charlotte issue the bonds. The ballot wording did not name specific streets, neighborhoods or housing developments, so the projects come later through the City Council.
- The ballot put the property tax increase for each bond at $0.00 a year per $100,000 of value. Our property tax page explains how the county and city rates work.
- These results are unofficial. Counties still review provisional ballots before the canvass, and that can move a close race. The Mecklenburg County Board of Elections certifies the county’s results at its canvass on Friday, Nov. 13. The two close U.S. House races, decided by about 5,000 and 6,400 votes, are the ones to watch.
- Womack takes the 14th District seat in January, when the new Congress is sworn in. Check your own districts with the state’s voter lookup, and see our voting guide for how elections here work.
We will update this page when the county certifies the results.
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