Monifa (Mo) Drayton

Drayton’s campaign website identifies her top issues as equity, affordable housing, public safety, access to healthcare and food, environmental protection, senior protections and transparent, community-centered governance in Mecklenburg County District 2. Her website emphasizes anti-displacement policies and property tax stabilization to protect long-term homeowners, expanded affordable housing and community land trusts, increased access to healthcare and behavioral health services, investments in food access, sidewalks, greenways, environmental resilience, workforce development and ensuring residents have a direct voice in county decision making through transparency and data sharing. She is the former executive director of the Mecklenburg County Democratic Party.  She resigned just after the 2024 presidential election because she says it was a "humiliating" work environment. Drayton is endorsed by the Black Political Caucus of Charlotte-Mecklenburg and The Charlotte Observer.