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'''Charlotte''' is the largest city in the state of [[North Carolina]] with a population of 687,456 <ref>http://www.city-data.com/city/Charlotte-North-Carolina.html</ref> in 2008.  It is the 18th largest city in the [[United States]].   

'''Charlotte''' is a liberal city, and the largest, in the state of [[North Carolina]] with a population of 687,456 <ref>http://www.city-data.com/city/Charlotte-North-Carolina.html</ref> in 2008.  It is the 18th largest city in the [[United States]].  Since 2009 its mayor has been a Democrat, most recently Democrat Patrick Cannon who resigned in March 2014 after he was arrested on federal charges of corruption

Charlotte was founded in 1755, and is nicknamed the "Queen City", a nickname name it shares with [[Buffalo, New York]] and [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]], after the wife of [[King George III]].  This did not mean there was a love of empire in the city as during the [[Revolutionary War]], the British Army was driven out of Charlotte.  The British General Cornwallis wrote of Charlotte "There's a rebel behind every bush, it's a veritable nest of hornets", leading to the city's other nickname: The Hornets' Nest.

Charlotte was founded in 1755, and is nicknamed the "Queen City", a nickname name it shares with [[Buffalo, New York]] and [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]], after the wife of [[King George III]].  This did not mean there was a love of empire in the city as during the [[Revolutionary War]], the British Army was driven out of Charlotte.  The British General Cornwallis wrote of Charlotte "There's a rebel behind every bush, it's a veritable nest of hornets", leading to the city's other nickname: The Hornets' Nest.

The [[Carolina Panthers]] play professional football in the [[NFL]] at Charlotte's Bank of America Stadium.   

The [[Carolina Panthers]] play professional football in the [[NFL]] at Charlotte's Bank of America Stadium.   

The [[University of North Carolina]] at Charlotte is the largest university in the state system with 20,000 students.  The private Presbyterian university Queens University of Charlotte is also located in the city.

The notoriously liberal [[University of North Carolina]] at Charlotte is the largest university in the state system with 20,000 students.  The private Presbyterian university Queens University of Charlotte is also located in the city.

 

Since 1995, Charlotte's mayor has been the [[Republican]] Pat McCrory.

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