Complete Coverage
Welcome to The Charlotte Mercury’s one-stop hub for the 2025 elections. Below you’ll find everything you need to track the mayor’s race, council district battles, at-large seats, and key voter information.
We’ve stitched it all together with clickable guides and profiles—because we know how exhausting it is to keep the candidates and seven districts straight in your head.
Mayoral Race
- Charlotte Mayoral Challengers Bet on Lived Experience in 2025 Race
- Charlotte Mayoral Candidates Present Diverging Plans for Housing, Transit, and Public Safety
- Charlotte Mayoral Primary 2025: Everything You Need to Know (and Why You Should Vote)
- The Charlotte Mercury’s Complete 2025 Mayoral Voting Guide
City Council – At-Large
- Charlotte City Council At-Large Candidates 2025
- Why Democrats Routinely Win Charlotte’s At-Large Council Seats — And Republicans Don’t
City Council – District Guides
- District 1 Council Race: 2025 Charlotte Election
- District 2 Council Race: 2025 Charlotte Election
- District 3 Council Race: 2025 Charlotte Election
- District 4 Council Race: 2025 Charlotte Election
- District 5 Council Race: 2025 Charlotte Election
- District 6 Council Race: 2025 Charlotte Election
- District 7 Council Race: 2025 Charlotte Election
Candidate Profiles
- Dimple Ajmera – 2025 Democratic At-Large Candidate
- Charlene Henderson – District 1 Candidate
- Malcolm Graham – District 2 Council Member
- Joi Mayo – District 3 Candidate
- Who Is Tiawana Brown?
- Charlotte Councilwoman Tiawana Brown Indictment Scandal
Key Dates & Voter Info
Election Explainers
- Primaries Decide the Race: Charlotte’s Twenty-Percent Problem
- Charlotte’s 2025 Republican City Council Candidates: Full Profiles and Policy Positions
Regional & State Politics (Context That Matters)
- This Week in NC Politics
- Mecklenburg County Ends Brooklyn Village Deal with Peebles
- Mecklenburg Approves November Vote on Transit Sales Tax
- Charlotte’s Watchdog Board Seeks Teeth, Time, and Transparency
- Gerrymandering in North Carolina – History, Math, and the 2026 Showdown
Other Resources
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