CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles is looking to make it four for four.
Lyles announced in late June that she's running for a fourth consecutive term as mayor. Lyles seems to be in a different mindset than just a few months ago when she wasn't sure about her political future. Ben Thompson asked Lyles point-blank if she planned to run again in April.
"Let's just put it this way. We've got a lot of work to do, and for me, I hope that the people that vote in this community have seen how much work we've done to move this city forward," Lyles said on Flashpoint.
Lyles touted her record on Charlotte's economy, affordable housing and mobility.
"If you're in that group, then we feel like that's going to be our success in the future."
Lyles told Thompson that filling for the election was in July, joking that he "couldn't ask her that" so early.
The mayoral election is in November.
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