ENDORSEMENTS
COMMUNITY LEADERS
Dianne Chipps Bailey, Nonprofit Consultant
Jon Buchan, Attorney
Jennie Buckner
Ann Caulkins, Former President and Publisher of The Charlotte Observer
Edward G. "Woody" Connette, Attorney
Sandra Conway, Schoolanthropist
Dianne English, Executive Director, Community Building Initiative
James Ferguson, Civil Rights Attorney
Hilda H. Gurdian, Publisher, La Noticia
Susan B. Harden, UNCC Professor
Rob Harrington, Attorney
Hugh McColl Jr., Former CEO, Bank of America
Mary Newsom, Former Associate Editor,
The Charlotte Observer
Eileen Paroff, Precint 69 Chair
Susan Patterson, Former Program Director, The Knight Foundation (Charlotte)
Justin Perry, Perry Counseling Healing and Recovery
Octavia Seawell, Civic Engagement Consultant
Anne Tompkins, Former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina
John "Buddy" Wester, Attorney
Elizabeth Winer, Trustee, Winer Family Foundation
Emily Zimmern, Former President, Levine Museum of the New South
ELECTED OFFICIALS
Dimple Ajmera, Charlotte City Council Member
Mary Belk, State House Member, Mecklenburg County
Roy Cooper, Governor of North Carolina
Elyse Dashew, Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board
Eric Davis, Chairman, State Board of Education, and Former CMS Board Chair
Julie Eiselt, Charlotte City County Member
Harvey Gantt, Former Mayor of Charlotte
Jim Hunt Jr., Former Governor of North Carolina
Jeff Jackson, State Senator, Mecklenburg County
Vi Lyles, Mayor of Charlotte
President Barack Obama
Betty Chafin Rash, Former Charlotte Mayor Pro Tem
Jennifer Roberts, Former Mayor of Charlotte
Richard Vinroot, Former Mayor of Charlotte
ORGANIZATIONS
"Lofton is a perceptive lawmaker who has worked hard to craft bills with support from across the aisle...Lofton has earned another term."
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