2025 Charlotte mayoral election

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2025 Charlotte mayoral election
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November 4, 2025
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Candidate Vi Lyles Terrie Donovan
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 92,537 33,533
Percentage 70.45% 25.53%
Precinct results
Lyles:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      ≥90%
Donovan:      40–50%      50–60%
     No data
Mayor before election

Vi Lyles
Democratic

 Elected mayor

Vi Lyles
Democratic

The 2025 Charlotte mayoral election was held on November 4, 2025, to elect the Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina to a two-year term. The primary election was held on September 9, 2025.[1] Incumbent mayor Vi Lyles was re-elected to a fifth consecutive term.[2]

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Vi Lyles
Individuals
Organizations
Newspapers
Brendan Maginnis
Trade unions

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of August 26, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Gemini Boyd (D) $2,422 $1,952 $470
Vi Lyles (D) $88,975 $52,745 $99,712
Source: Mecklenburg County Board of Elections[8]

Results

Democratic primary results by precinct
  Lyles
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  No votes
  •   No votes
Democratic primary[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Vi Lyles (incumbent) 27,592 70.74
Democratic Brendan Maginnis 4,751 12.18
Democratic Jaraun "Gemini" Boyd 3,922 10.05
Democratic Tigress McDaniel 1,635 4.19
Democratic Delter Guin III 1,107 2.84
Total votes 39,009 100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Terrie Donovan, real estate businesswoman[10]

Withdrawn

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of August 26, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Terrie Donovan (R) $967[a] $536 $431
Source: Mecklenburg County Board of Elections[8]

Third-party and independent candidates

Libertarian Party

  • Rob Yates, nominee for mayor in 2023[4]

General election

Notes

References

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