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The 2017 Charlotte mayoral election took place on Tuesday, November 7, 2017. Party primary elections were held on Tuesday, September 12, 2017. Second-round primaries would have been held on Tuesday, October 10, 2017, if they had been necessary, but both primary winners received more than the minimum 40 percent of the vote needed to avoid a runoff.[1] The incumbent, Democrat Jennifer Roberts, was eligible to run for a second two-year term. She ran but lost the Democratic nomination in the primary. Two members of the City Council, Democrat Vi Lyles and Republican Kenny Smith, won the primaries and advanced to face each other in the general election.[2] Vi Lyles defeated Kenny Smith in the general election, and became the 59th mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Precinct results Lyles: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Smith: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Tie: 40% No data | |||||||||||||||||
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Jennifer Roberts, a former Mecklenburg County commissioner, was elected to her first term in 2015 when she defeated Republican Edwin Peacock III, a former Charlotte City Councilman.
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Jennifer Roberts (D) | Joel Ford (D) | Vi Lyles (D) | Constance Partee-Johnson (D) | Other | Undecided |
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Lake Research Partners[19] | June 1–4, 2017 | 400 | ± 4.9% | 35% | 15% | 21% | – | – | 28% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Vi Lyles | 15,805 | 46.13% | |
Democratic | Jennifer Roberts (incumbent) | 12,412 | 36.23% | |
Democratic | Joel Ford | 5,466 | 15.95% | |
Democratic | Constance Partee-Johnson | 311 | 0.91% | |
Democratic | Lucille Puckett | 268 | 0.78% | |
Total votes | 34,262 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Kenny Smith | 7,912 | 88.63% | |
Republican | Gary M. Dunn | 553 | 6.19% | |
Republican | Kimberley Paige Barnette | 462 | 5.18% | |
Total votes | 8,927 | 100.0% |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Vi Lyles (D) |
Kenny Smith (R) |
Undecided |
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SurveyUSA | October 18–21, 2017 | 517 | ± 4.4% | 41% | 40% | 19% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Vi Lyles | 72,073 | 59.15% | ||
Republican | Kenny Smith | 49,652 | 40.75% | ||
Write-in | 132 | 0.11% | |||
Total votes | 121,857 | 100.0%[lower-alpha 1] | |||
Democratic hold |
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