Few 2023 North Carolina elections will feature political parties next to candidates’ names, but that hasn’t stopped speculation in some races over possible partisan ties.
Nonpartisan elections for mayor, city council, town commissions and more are on many ballots this November. That means voters have to do their own research if they’re interested in whether candidates align with particular parties. And it’s left otherwise nonpartisan elections open to claims about partisanship.
Progressive political group Carolina Forward alleged in early October the Republican Party of Mecklenburg County was “trying to ‘pull a Cotham’ again” — a reference to the state legislator who flipped parties from Democrat to Republican earlier this year — by secretly supporting three school board candidates: Annette Albright, Claire Covington and Michael Johnson.
Carolina Forward claimed the trio, running as the “CMS Unity” ticket, has ties to Republican fundraisers in a social media post reshared by the Mecklenburg Democratic Party.
The MeckGOP pushed back on those claims and announced in October it would file “a complaint with the North Carolina State Board of Elections requesting the Board open an investigation into the false and misleading claims and practices of Carolina Forward.”
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