NC Primary Guide 2018: Voting Sites, Hours, Candidates

CHARLOTTE, NC —Primary voters across Mecklenburg County and the state are heading to the polls today to decide who will head to the ballot in November. Even before election day, early voter turnout significantly outpaced previous primaries, according to one election spokesperson.

Confused about where to go to cast your ballot, or even who’s on it? Patch has you covered. You can also find a list of primary results here.

One of the top primary races to watch in Mecklenburg County is that on the Republican ballot for the U.S. House of Representatives, District 9 seat, currently held by Rep. Robert Pittenger.

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Pittenger, who has shown allegiance to President Trump, faces not only a competitive primary inside his own party but also a looming threat that North Carolina's 9th Congressional District could flip to Democrats during midterm elections in November.

A Citivas poll last month, however, showed that Pittenger was leading his two Republican primary challengers with 52 percent support of GOP voters.

“The key to midterm elections are typically the fact that midterms are referendums on the president and his party, and even if a president is ‘above water’ in his job approval, seats may still be lost in both the House and Senate. With Trump's approval sitting in the high 30s to low 40s, this doesn't bode well for Republicans in their campaigns this fall,” Dr. Michael Bitzer told Patch recently.

“Pittenger has some cushion in the district by overperforming the president in 2016, but any Democratic wave of significant size will make the seat likely a competitive one come the fall,” Bitzer said.

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Election results will be posted on the Mecklenburg Board of Elections website beginning at 7:30 p.m.

Confirming Registration & Sample Ballots

• Voters can confirm their registration, local polling site and pull up a sample ballot on this NC State Board of Elections website.

Friday, May 4

• Early voting at Hal Marshall Service Center will take place through Friday, May 4 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Early voting at the 15 additional sites will take place through Friday, May 4 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Saturday, May 5

• All of Mecklenburg County’s early voting sites will be open for the final day of early voting from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m.

Tuesday, May 8

• On election day — Tuesday, May 8 — voting sites will be open from 6:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m.

Mecklenburg County Early Voting Locations

• Hal Marshall Services Center — 618 N College St, Charlotte
• Ballantyne Village Way — 14825 Ballantyne Village Way
• Beatties Ford Road Library — 2412 Beatties Ford Rd
• Cornelius Town Hall 21445 Catawba Ave., Cornelius
• Delta Center — 5408 Beatties Ford Rd
• Independence Regional Library — 6000 Conference Dr.
• Main Library (Downtown) — 310 N Tryon St.
• Marion Diehl Recreation Center — 2219 Tyvola Rd.
• Matthews Library — 230 Matthews Station St.
• Mint Hill Library — 6840 Matthews – Mint Hill Rd.
• Morrison Regional Library — 7015 Morrison Blvd.
• North County Regional Library — 16500 Holly Crest Ln.
• South County Regional Library — 5801 Rea Rd.
• Steele Creek — 11130 S Tryon St.
• University City, Old Pier 1 — 8802 JW Clay Blvd.
• West Boulevard Library — 2157 West Blvd

Registered Republicans and Democrats will have opportunity to vote for their party's candidates and voters registered as Unaffiliated may vote in the partisan primary by requesting a ballot of one of the parties. Write-ins are not permitted in this election.

Here are the candidates for the Mecklenburg County Primary May 8:

DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY BALLOT
U.S. House House of Representatives, District 9

• Daniel Kent McCready — Democrat
• Fernando Christian Cano Jr. — Democrat

U.S. House of Representatives District 12

• Alma Shealey Adams — Democrat
• Gabriel Ortiz — Democrat
• Benjamin Patrick Register — Democrat
• William Keith Young — Democrat

NC State Senate District 38

• Roderick Davis — Democrat
• Joel Ford — Democrat
• Mujtaba A. Mohammed — Democrat
• Tim Wallis — Democrat

NC State Senate District 39

• Ann Harlan — Democrat
• Chad Stachowicz — Democrat

NC House of Representatives District 98

• Christy Clark — Democrat
• Branden Rosenlieb — Democrat

NC House of Representatives District 99

• Priscilla (P.J.) Johnson — Democrat
• Nasif Majeed — Democrat
• Rodney W. Moore — Democrat
• Jackson Pethtal — Democrat

NC House of Representatives District 101

• Chance Harris — Democrat
• Carolyn Logan — Democrat
• Gregory J. Miller — Democrat
• Lucille Puckett — Democrat

NC House of Representatives District 102

• Becky Carney — Democrat
• Josh Jarrett — Democrat

NC House of Representatives District 105

• Wesley Harris — Democrat
• Ayoub Ouederni — Democrat

NC House of Representatives District 106

• Carla Cunningham — Democrat
• Blanche Penn — Democrat

Board of Commissioners At-Large

• Patricia (Pat) Cotham — Democrat
• Gerenda Davis — Democrat
• Trevor M. Fuller — Democrat
• Jamie Hildreth — Democrat
• Tigress Sydney Acute McDaniel — Democrat
• Ray McKinnon — Democrat
• Ella Scarborough — Democrat

Board of Commissioners District 2

• Angela G. Edwards — Democrat
• Vilma Leake — Democrat

Board of Commissioners District 3

• Angela R. Ambroise — Democrat
• George (Giovanni) Dortche — Democrat
• George Dunlap — Democrat

Board of Commissioners District 4

• Leigh Altman — Democrat
• Mark Jerrell — Democrat
• Queen Thompson — Democrat

Sheriff

• Irwin Carmichael — Democrat
• Antoine M. Ensley — Democrat
• Garry L. McFadden — Democrat

REPUBLICAN PRIMARY BALLOT
U.S. House House of Representatives, District 9

• Robert Pittenger — Republican
• Clarence Wilson Goins, Jr. — Republican
• Mark Everette Harris — Republican

U.S. House of Representatives District 12

• Carl Johan Persson — Republican
• Paul Michael Wright — Republican
• Paul Windsor Bonham, III — Republican

NC State Senate District 39

• Dan Bishop — Republican
• Beth Monaghan — Republican

NC House of Representatives District 88

• Ty Turner — Republican
• Benton Blaine — Republican

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