Who is running for Board of County Commissioners, At-Large (vote for 3) in 2026?

Mecklenburg County Commissioner, At-Large (Vice Chair)

Leigh Altman is an at-large Mecklenburg County commissioner and the board's vice chair, first elected in 2020². She is an attorney who led legal work for the Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs before moving to Charlotte, where she was a staff attorney at the Council for Children's Rights². She is one of three candidates for three at-large seats in November 2026¹³.

Where they stand 2 issues · tap any issue for the evidence

• ImmigrationNo single answer fitsmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • During the November 2025 federal Border Patrol operation in Charlotte, she challenged federal leaders to show the warrants, probable cause or prior criminal convictions behind each of about 200 arrests and told Border Patrol to leave the county. (2025-11-18) source
• Policing and crimeNo single answer fitsmedium

  Questionnaire answer · medium confidence

  • Listed a dedicated transit police department, a countywide MEDIC ambulance system that serves all areas equitably, and more street teams of medical, psychiatric and social work professionals for unsheltered residents as the public safety changes she supports. (2026-02) source

No public position found on: Election rules, Judges, Redistricting, Death penalty.

Mecklenburg County Commissioner, At-Large

Yvette Townsend-Ingram is an at-large Mecklenburg County commissioner, first elected in 2024². She has worked as an educator, writer and analyst developing programs and funding for historically Black colleges, and worked for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools for two years². She is one of three candidates for three at-large seats in November 2026¹³.

Where they stand 1 issues · tap any issue for the evidence

• Policing and crimeNo single answer fitsmedium

  Questionnaire answer · medium confidence

  • Said the public should be correctly informed about the county's planned first responder training facility, which critics call "cop city," and that the county should provide wraparound services such as mental health care to families. (2026-02) source

No public position found on: Immigration, Election rules, Judges, Redistricting, Death penalty.

Mecklenburg County Commissioner, At-Large

Arthur Griffin is an at-large Mecklenburg County commissioner, first elected in 2022². He served 17 years on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, including as chair from 1997 to 2002, later worked as a senior vice president at McGraw-Hill Education, and is a retired Army lieutenant colonel who served in Vietnam². He is one of three candidates for three at-large seats in November 2026¹³.

No public position found on: Immigration, Policing and crime, Election rules, Judges, Redistricting, Death penalty.