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Danté Anderson

Council Member, District 1; Mayor Pro Tem

District 1

Danté Anderson

District 1 · Term 2025–2027

Danté Anderson represents District 1 on the Charlotte City Council. She has emerged as the council’s most vocal champion for Gateway Station, the multimodal transit hub planned at W. Trade and Graham streets. At the March 2026 budget workshop, Anderson pressed city staff for a concrete Amtrak timeline and connected the stalled Charlotte Transportation Center redevelopment to broader transit planning.

Anderson voted yes on the Crosland Southeast affordable housing project and has been active on shelter policy, homelessness response, and transit infrastructure investment. In June 2026 she was part of the council that adopted a citywide street vending ordinance, voted unanimously for a 150-day data center moratorium, and took up the process of choosing an interim mayor after Vi Lyles announced she would resign June 30. Her district includes some of Charlotte’s most active development corridors.

In The Mercury

Charlotte’s Next Mayor Won’t Be Elected. More Than 100 People Applied for the Job Anyway.

Interim mayor process · June 16

Charlotte City Council Votes Unanimously for 150-Day Data Center Moratorium

Data center moratorium · June 9

Charlotte Moves to Regulate Street Vending Citywide. The Split Was Over Whether Repeat Offenders Should Face a Criminal Charge.

Street vending ordinance · June 3

Vi Lyles Will Resign as Charlotte Mayor on June 30. The Race to Replace Her Already Started.

Mayoral resignation · Anderson quoted

Gateway Station: Two Council Members Say Charlotte Has Waited Long Enough

Amtrak timeline and CTC redevelopment

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Charlotte's Safety Committee Advances a 9 p.m. Curfew for Everyone Under 18

The Charlotte Mercury·

The City Council's Safety Committee voted unanimously to send the full council a single 9 p.m. curfew for everyone under 18, replacing the current age-tiered rules. The change still needs a full-council vote, expected in August. The members who advanced it spent the meeting warning that a curfew alone won't fix what draws teens into the streets.

Charlotte City Council Names Robert Harrington, Its Next Mayor

The Charlotte Mercury·

After a runoff decided by a single vote, the City Council chose Robert Harrington, a Robinson Bradshaw attorney who has never held elected office, as Charlotte's next mayor. He beat civic leader Carrie Cook 6 to 5 and will succeed Vi Lyles on July 1.

The Five Finalists for Charlotte Mayor, in Their Own Words

The Charlotte Mercury·

The council interviewed five finalists for interim mayor on June 18 and set the appointment vote for Monday. Here is how each got on the ballot, what they told council about running meetings, the I-77 tolls, and the airport, and how the June 22 vote will work.

A Member of the Council Will Help Pick the Next Mayor. He Is Also Running for the Job.

The Charlotte Mercury·

Mayor Pro Tem James Mitchell Jr. applied for the interim mayor seat the council will fill, and he can vote for himself. Council members raised a conflict; the city attorney ruled there is no legal basis for recusal, citing the Patsy Kinsey precedent. The question of whether Mitchell should be excused was left unresolved.

Manor Theater Redevelopment Approved

The Charlotte Mercury·

Charlotte City Council on Monday unanimously approved a partial rezoning of the Manor Theater site on Providence Road, clearing the way for SLRH Acquisitions to redevelop the long-closed Eastover landmark into 120 to 130 residential units and roughly 35,000 square feet of ground-floor retail. Three council members — Kimberly Owens, Danté Anderson, and J.D. Mazuera Arias — walked the room through their first memories of the building before the vote.

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