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3 candidates are tracked for Mecklenburg Board of Commissioners At-Large on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Leigh Altman, Arthur Griffin, Jr. and Yvette Townsend-Ingram. Candidate information follows official Mecklenburg County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Voters choose three at-large commissioners. The top three from the ten-way March 3 Democratic contest advanced (Altman, Griffin, Townsend-Ingram) and no other party filed, per the State Board of Elections certified list and results archive.
Leigh Altman is a sitting at-large commissioner and board vice chair, serving since 2020, per the county's official commission roster. She is an attorney who previously served as lead attorney in the Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs and as a Council for Children's Rights staff attorney, per her official county biography.
Arthur Griffin, Jr. is a sitting at-large commissioner, serving since 2022, per the county's official commission roster. He is a retired McGraw-Hill Education senior vice president, served 17 years on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board including as chairman, and is a retired Army lieutenant colonel, per his official county biography.
Yvette Townsend-Ingram is a sitting at-large commissioner, serving since 2024, per the county's official commission roster. An educator and analyst, she has led HBCU program development at Johnson C. Smith and Livingstone College, per her official county biography.
2026 priorities
- Fighting food insecurity, per her official county biography
- Mental wellness services, per her official county biography
- Minority and women business enterprise growth, per her official county biography