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John Lassiter’s concession speech. photo: James Willamor; view this photo on Flickr Hope turned to heartbreak on election night at Republican John Lassiter’s mayoral campaign party. Photos and essay after the jump:

Supporters of mayoral candidate Anthony Foxx and media crews gathered in a ballroom of the Westin Hotel last week to watch election returns, renew connections and nosh on crab-lump hors d’oeuvres. The candidate and family members kept out of sight early, and campaign and media watchers huddled around laptops periodically to watch as precincts reported results. [...]

Left: Anthony Foxx (D), right: John Lassiter (R). photos: James Willamor; view this photo on Flickr Regardless who wins Tuesday’s election, Charlotte will have a new mayor. That’s because Pat McCrory, Charlotte’s mayor of 14 years, is not seeking reelection. Voters will also decide races for Charlotte City Council, city leadership in other Mecklenburg towns, [...]

voter turnout; dark red = 0-10%, bright red = 10-20%, white = not participating Of 466,351 registered voters, 20,202 ballots were cast, equalling a 4.33% voter turnout. All precincts are completely reported. John Lassiter, as expected, won the primary for Republican Mayoral candidate with a 79.54% margin. Martin Davis (Dirty Book guy), however, pulled an [...]

video: Mecklenburg County; view this video on Vimeo This election of a new Charlotte mayor this November is expected to be a contest between established and experienced leaders John Lassiter and Anthony Foxx, both of whom currently serve on the Charlotte City Council. First comes the primary on Tuesday, Sept. 15th. While Democrat Foxx has [...]

video credit: Nathan Richie, Dave Potts, Justin Ruckman; watch this video on Viddler Earlier this week, a poll conducted in Charlotte surveying 401 registered voters via telephone found that John Lassiter is leading Anthony Foxx 42 to 26 percent, with 32 percent undecided, in the upcoming mayoral race. Jim Morrill from the Observer has doubts [...]

date: Sun, Jun 21time: 8pmwhere: cltblog.com/live We’ll be streaming live with Republican Mayoral candidate John Lassiter (@lassiterjohn) this coming Sunday, June 21st, at 8pm. The broadcast will take place over on CLT Blog Live. What questions should we ask him? You can submit and vote on questions here. If you’d like to see the questions [...]

The first CLT Blog Online Town Hall was a great success, with nearly 200 unique viewers showing up for our live broadcast two Sundays ago. Above is the complete hour-long recording, with the questions we asked Foxx tagged in the timeline. Special thanks to Dave Potts (@dave_potts on Twitter) for manning the camera, and Nathan [...]

date: Sun, May 17time: 7pmwhere: cltblog.com/live We’ll streaming live with Democratic Mayoral candidate Anthony Foxx this coming Sunday, May 17th, at 7pm. The broadcast will take place over on CLT Blog Live. What questions should we ask him? You can submit and vote on questions here. We’ll ask whatever the highest ranked (and appropriate) questions [...]