This is a special episode, part of our 2025 election coverage. You can find more interviews, election coverage, and voter info here.
This year, there are three open seats on council — and we have eight candidates, including six challengers and two incumbents. We also have three candidates for mayor, including our incumbent mayor.
While the city council race is technically non-partisan, the local Democratic and Republican parties do play a role in supporting candidates. For city council, we have three Republican candidates, one unaffiliated candidate, and four Democratic candidates — although the county Democratic Party implemented a straw poll to narrow its support to three of those candidates — and one of the two Democrats running for mayor. We’ll have more information on all that on the show page.
On today’s show, we’re interviewing Democratic challenger J.C. Lyle, a longtime housing advocate and former member of the City of Wilmington's Planning Commission. You can find Lyle's campaign site here.
