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Robert Harrington

Independent · Mayor of Charlotte · North Carolina · Spectrum score +7

Mayor · Nonpartisan / not on file ·

Robert Harrington is Mayor of Charlotte in North Carolina. Political positions and ideology score +7 (Center). Robert Harrington is the interim mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina.

Took office: Jul 1, 2026
Term ends: Dec 31, 2027
Website: Official site

Salary: —

Where Robert stands on the spectrum

Robert Harrington scores +7 on Spectrum’s left–right line (center), mixed on economic issues and mixed on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.

Composite +7 · Center · economic +4 · social +8 · authoritarian +6

Confidence 68. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Robert Harrington is the interim mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina. The City Council appointed him on June 22, 2026 to finish Vi Lyles’s term after she resigned at the end of June. Harrington, an attorney and president of the North Carolina Bar Association, serves through December 2027.

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Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: +4
Social: +8
Authoritarian: +6
Confidence: 68

Taxes & spending+6
Lower taxes, smaller fiscal footprint
Health care-6
Public or single-payer coverage as a right
Climate & energy+4
Energy abundance, fewer climate mandates
Business regulation+10
Deregulation and lighter administrative state
Labor & wages+8
Flexible labor markets, right-to-work
Immigration+14
Tighter borders, more deportations
Abortion-8
Legal access, opposed to bans
Guns+10
Broad Second Amendment, fewer federal limits
Crime & policing+20
More policing, longer sentences, less bail reform
Schools & speech+8
Choice, against gender/DEI curricula
Defense & alliances+18
Hard power, high defense spending, deterrence
Civil liberties+6
Order, platform / campus / speech restrictions for security or morality