Tiawanna Brown gets primary challenger

WFAE | By Woody Cain

Published June 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM EDT

Charlotte City Council member Tiawana Brown will be challenged in the Democratic primary for her District 3 seat. Montravias King announced on social media Monday that he’ll take on Brown in the Sept. 9 primary.

He’s a former teacher who works as a nonprofit management executive and renewable energy consultant. Brown was indicted last month on COVID-19 fund fraud charges. She has pleaded not guilty.

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Woody is a Charlotte native who came to WFAE from the world of NASCAR where he was host of NASCAR Today for MRN Radio as well as a pit reporter, turn announcer and host of the NASCAR Live pre race show for Cup Series races. Before that, he was a news anchor at WBT radio in Charlotte, a traffic reporter, editor of The Charlotte Observer’s University City Magazine, News/Sports Director at WEGO-AM in Concord and a Swiss Army knife in local cable television. His first job after graduating from Appalachian State University was news reporter at The Daily Independent in Kannapolis. Along the way he’s covered everything from murder trials and a national political convention to high school sports and minor league baseball.

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