Five of the eight Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners incumbents running for reelection faced challenges in Tuesday's primary election, which, in the largely Democratic county, will almost certainly determine the eventual winners in November. And he incumbers appeared set to win reelection — except for longtime commissioner Vilma Leake.
Here are the results, with almost 90% of precincts reporting.
- At Large: Ten Democratic candidates are running for the three at-large county commission seats, including incumbents Arthur Griffin, Leigh Altman and Yvette Townsend-Ingraham. All three incumbents held sizable leads Tuesday in the race, which sends the top-three vote winners on to the general election.
- Altman led with 20%
- Griffin followed with 19.95%
- Townsend-Ingram was in third with 15.85%
- None of the challengers cracked double-digit percentages.
- District 2: It was a different story in District 2. That's where longtime commissioner Vilma Leake faces a well-funded challenge from Monifa Drayton, who picked up the influential Black Political Caucus of Charlotte-Mecklenburg endorsement. Drayton led Leake, 51.89% to 48.11%.
- District 3 Longtime commissioner George Dunlap, who was formerly the county commission chair, is being challenged by Phil Carey. Dunlap led with 81% of the vote.
- District 1: Three Democrats — Jessica Finkel, Morris McAdoo, and Adam Pasiak—are vying for the District 1 seat in North Mecklenburg, open because commissioner Elaine Powell is leaving after her term ends. McAdoo led with 49% of the vote, followed by Finkel at 32.46% and Pasiak at 18.17%. The winner will face Republican Aaron Marin in November.
