Danté Anderson
District 1 · Term 2025–2027
Danté Anderson represents District 1 on the Charlotte City Council. She has emerged as the council’s most vocal champion for Gateway Station, the multimodal transit hub planned at W. Trade and Graham streets. At the March 2026 budget workshop, Anderson pressed city staff for a concrete Amtrak timeline and connected the stalled Charlotte Transportation Center redevelopment to broader transit planning.
Anderson voted yes on the Crosland Southeast affordable housing project and has been active on shelter policy, homelessness response, and transit infrastructure investment. In June 2026 she was part of the council that adopted a citywide street vending ordinance and voted unanimously for a 150-day data center moratorium. Her district includes some of Charlotte’s most active development corridors.
When the council chose an interim mayor that month, Anderson was one of two members who raised the conflict in a sitting council member applying for a seat his colleagues would fill, and she noted that the job pays more than a council seat. She chairs the council’s Safety Committee, which in July voted unanimously to send the full council a single 9 p.m. curfew for everyone under 18. In September she asked that the housing bond plan’s transit bonus apply only where new lines are actually likely.
In The Mercury
Charlotte’s Next Mayor Won’t Be Elected. More Than 100 People Applied for the Job Anyway.
Interim mayor process · June 16
Charlotte City Council Votes Unanimously for 150-Day Data Center Moratorium
Data center moratorium · June 9
Charlotte Moves to Regulate Street Vending Citywide. The Split Was Over Whether Repeat Offenders Should Face a Criminal Charge.
Street vending ordinance · June 3
Vi Lyles Will Resign as Charlotte Mayor on June 30. The Race to Replace Her Already Started.
Mayoral resignation · Anderson quoted
Gateway Station: Two Council Members Say Charlotte Has Waited Long Enough
Amtrak timeline and CTC redevelopment
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