Aneralla Re-Elected Huntersville Mayor: Election Results 2019

HUNTERSVILLE, NC — Huntersville voters turned out on Election Day, Nov. 5. to cast their ballots to decide races for mayor as well as fill six town commissioner seats.

Polls were open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

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Huntersville’s incumbent mayor John Aneralla retained his seat with 3,802 votes — nearly 56 percent of the votes — over his challenger Rob Kidwell, who claimed 2,973 votes. Melinda Bales, Dan Boone, Brian Hines, Lance Munger, Stacy Phillips and Nick Walsh were also elected to the Town of Huntersville Board of Commissioners, according to unofficial results from the North Carolina State Board of Elections.

Aneralla, who has served in the position for four years, recently told the Herald Citizen that some of the most pressing issues facing Huntersville include pacing infrastructure to match growth in recent years and improving school facilities to alleviate overcrowding.

“As someone who has been in the financial services industry for over 30 years, I take pride in the fact the town has significantly reduced its debt, used its savings to accelerate capital improvement projects and is the only municipality in Mecklenburg County NOT to raise property taxes over the past four years, especially with the recent tax revaluation conducted by Mecklenburg County,” Aneralla told the newspaper.

Aneralla’s challenger, Rob Kidwell served as a town commissioner and told the newspaper that if elected mayor, he “would work with our town board and staff, utilizing our combined strengths to rebuild the bridges that have been damaged and continue to build partnerships with the leadership at all levels to strategically improve Huntersville and the region.”

All Mecklenburg County voters also had a chance to have their say for a proposed one-quarter percent local sales and use tax, which would help fund the Arts and Science Council, parks and education. That proposal, which would have increased the county sales tax from 7.25 percent to 7.5 percent, was rejected by voters, according to unofficial results at 10 p.m.

Scroll down for the unofficial results from the Huntersville election, as well as other Charlotte metro municipal elections, according to the North Carolina State Board of Elections: