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Candidate filing for Charlotte City Council begins Monday. All 11 council seats, the Charlotte mayor’s seat, and six Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board seats will be on the ballot. The mayor has not yet announced whether she will seek reelection, and one council member is under federal indictment but says she plans to run. We look at what to expect during the short campaign filing window.
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