Ericka Ellis-Stewart, Mary McCray and Tim Morgan won a 14-way race for three at-large seats on the Charlotte Mecklenburg school board Tuesday night. The trio captured seats being surrendered by three at-large members stepping down from the board.

[Listen to an audio Q&A about the school board results with WFAE reporter Lisa Miller. See below.]

In Charlotte, Mayor Anthony Foxx easily won re-election, while fellow Democrats took all four of the city council at-large seats, giving their party a 9-2 majority on the council. Read the full story

Aaron Pomis (with tie) joined Davidson College students in a walk through Davidson neighborhoods Wednesday night. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

South Street residents encountered an unusual sight Wednesday evening, one that signaled the election season is getting into gear: A group of Davidson College students knocking on doors with Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools at-large candidate Aaron Pomis. Read the full story

The Charlotte Mecklenburg School board has some changes in store. All three at-large members will be stepping down at the end of this year, including Kaye McGarry. She made that announcement Friday. Seventeen people are now running for those three positions. The new board will have some big decisions to make. It must pick a new superintendent and decide how to proceed on a controversial plan to tie teacher pay to students test scores.

See the list of at-large school board candidates below.

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Who might throw their hats into the ring this fall in local election campaigns across the area? Voters will begin finding out Friday, when candidate registration begins at the Mecklenburg Board of Elections. Read the full story