2025 North Carolina Municipal Election Results

Nearly half of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education will be new next year, after challengers unseated two incumbents in Tuesday’s elections.

Shamaiye Haynes and Anna London will be the next representatives for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education’s District 2 and 6 seats, both of which were open after the incumbents decided not to run again this year.

Charlitta Hatch, the chief data and analytics officer for the city of Charlotte, has won the race for the District 1 seat on the CMS Board of Education, unseating incumbent Melissa Easley.

Kimberly Owens made history Tuesday, becoming the first Democrat to win the Charlotte City Council District 6 seat.

Charlotte Democratic Mayor Vi Lyles easily won reelection Tuesday, getting 70% of the vote over Republican Terrie Donovan’s 25.8% with nearly all votes reported.

Mecklenburg County voters on Tuesday voted yes on an increase in the sales tax to fund a nearly $20 billion transportation plan that area leaders have spent more than five years working to win approval for.