Democrats won every race on Mecklenburg County's ballot that was decided by Mecklenburg voters alone, from the legislature to the county commission. The only Republicans who won seats representing part of the county did it in districts that reach into other counties.
Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Harris kept the 8th Congressional District, 147,094 to 141,915 over Democrat Colby Watson, while losing the Mecklenburg part of it 33,301 to 23,056. Republican Vickie Sawyer won Senate District 37, which also takes in Iredell County, while losing the Mecklenburg part of it to Democrat Raygan J. Angel, 8,964 to 7,086. Districtwide, Sawyer won 51,692 to 39,588, or 56.6%.
The night's biggest results are in separate stories: Charlotte's three bonds, Senate 42 and House 105, the 14th Congressional District and the constitutional amendments.
All counts are unofficial, from the State Board of Elections' precinct results as of Wednesday morning. The Mecklenburg County Board of Elections is scheduled to canvass county and city races, the city bonds and the legislative districts entirely inside the county on Friday, Nov. 13. The State Board is scheduled to canvass Congress, statewide races, the constitutional amendments, judges, the district attorney and multi-county districts on Tuesday, Nov. 24.
Contested legislative races
- Senate 37 (Mecklenburg and Iredell): Vickie Sawyer (R) 51,692, Raygan J. Angel (D) 39,588 districtwide. Sawyer 56.6%. Angel carried Mecklenburg, 8,964 to 7,086.
- Senate 40: Joyce Waddell (D) 56,925, Bobbie Shields (R) 11,203. Waddell 83.6%.
- Senate 41: Caleb Theodros (D) 69,771, Kevin Gray (R) 12,764. Theodros 84.5%.
- Senate 42: Woodson Bradley (D) 57,203, Stacie McGinn (R) 39,941. Bradley 58.9%.
- House 88: Mary Belk (D) 23,537, Ray Craig (R) 6,640. Belk 78.0%.
- House 98: Beth Helfrich (D) 23,447, John Rhodes (R) 15,589. Helfrich 60.1%.
- House 104: Brandon Lofton (D) 24,901, Trina Boyd (R) 13,432. Lofton 65.0%.
- House 105: Ken McCool (D) 24,608, Tricia Cotham (R) 18,479. McCool 57.1%.
Unopposed for the legislature
All Democrats:
- Senate 38: Mujtaba Mohammed
- Senate 39: DeAndrea Salvador
- House 92: Terry Brown
- House 99: Veleria M. Levy
- House 100: Julia Greenfield
- House 101: Carolyn G. Logan
- House 102: Becky Carney
- House 103: Laura Budd
- House 106: Rodney Sadler
- House 107: Aisha O. Dew
- House 112: Jordan Lopez
County commission
- At-large (three seats, three candidates): Arthur Griffin Jr. 338,636, Leigh Altman 338,604 and Yvette Townsend-Ingram 334,209, all Democrats.
- District 2: Monifa Drayton (D) 54,548, Angela White Edwards (R) 10,776. Drayton 83.5%.
- Unopposed, all Democrats: Morris (Mac) McAdoo, District 1; George Dunlap, District 3; Mark Jerrell, District 4; Charles DeLoach, District 5; Susan Rodriguez-McDowell, District 6.
Sheriff, district attorney and clerk
All unopposed Democrats: Sheriff Garry L. McFadden (350,222 votes), District Attorney Spencer Merriweather (358,019) and Clerk of Superior Court Elisa Chinn Gary (355,183).
Judges
All unopposed Democrats.
- Superior Court: George Guise (26C), Karen Eady-Williams (26F) and Elizabeth Thornton Trosch (26H).
- District Court, District 26: Kimberly Y. Best (Seat 6, unexpired term), Roderick G. Davis (13), Alyssa M. Levine (14), Jennifer L. Fleet (15), Matt Newton (16), Paige McThenia (17), Habekah Cannon (18), Samantha C. Mobley (19), Karen D. McCallum (20) and Rhonda L. Patterson-Wrighten (21).
Congress and statewide, Mecklenburg's vote
- U.S. House 12: Alma S. Adams (D) 219,672, Jack Codiga (R) 50,864. Adams 81.2%. The district is entirely in Mecklenburg.
- U.S. House 8: Mark Harris (R) won districtwide with 50.4%. In Mecklenburg, Colby Watson (D) 33,301, Harris 23,056, Bo Whitehead (Green) 501.
- U.S. House 14: LaKesha Womack (D) won districtwide with 51.1%, unseating Tim Moore (R). In Mecklenburg, 73,515 to 37,712.
- U.S. Senate: Roy Cooper (D) won statewide with 58.7%. In Mecklenburg he received 333,549 votes to Michael Whatley's 97,841.
- N.C. Supreme Court: Anita Earls (D) won statewide with 58.9%. In Mecklenburg, 331,471 to Sarah Stevens's 107,042.
- N.C. Court of Appeals: Democrats won all three seats statewide: John S. Arrowood, Tobias (Toby) Hampson and Christine Marie Walczyk, each with about 57%.
Soil and Water Conservation District
Two seats, no party labels; the top two win: Barbara Bleiweis 210,845 and Michael Betterly 181,264 lead Makenzie Pearce 127,870, Jillian King 97,854 and Long Tran 57,464.