2022 Charlotte mayoral election

2022 Charlotte mayoral election

← 2019 July 26, 2022 2023 →
 
Nominee Vi Lyles Stephanie de Sarachaga-Bilbao
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 49,324 22,580
Percentage 68.42% 31.32%

Lyles:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      ≥90%
de Sarachaga-Bilbao:      50–60%      60–70%
Tie:      50%
     No data

Mayor before election

Vi Lyles
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Vi Lyles
Democratic

The 2022 mayoral election in Charlotte, North Carolina was held on July 26, 2022. This reflected a delay from the original schedule of the election, which would ordinarily have taken place in November 2021. Delays in the United States Census prompted delays for cities in the state that elect city council members by district in odd-numbered years. Charlotte's City Council had the option of holding the mayoral election on schedule in 2021, but voted to hold all elections at the same time.[1]

Charlotte's partisan primaries were held on May 17, the same day as the North Carolina statewide primary.[2]

The incumbent mayor, Democrat Vi Lyles, was first elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2019. She sought re-election to a third term and easily defeated Republican Stephanie de Sarachaga-Bilbao.[3]

  1. ^ Charlotte Observer
  2. ^ WFAE
  3. ^ Ablon, Matthew (November 25, 2021). "Lyles confirms 2022 re-election run in Thanksgiving video". WCNC. Retrieved January 25, 2021.