CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Republican James Bowers is running for Charlotte City Council to represent district 3, a heavily Democratic district.
"Leadership is not a Republican or Democratic issue, but a people, human issue," Bowers said.
Bowers appeared on WCNC Charlotte's Flashpoint a few weeks after Tiawanna Brown, the Democratic candidate in the district 3 city council race.
Bowers said making Charlotte safe is his biggest priority.
"I think it's safety, more so than anything else," he said.
Charlotte's municipal election will be held on Nov. 7 and early voting by absentee ballot began on Oct. 6.
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