Lakesha Womack

LaKesha Womack grew up in Alabama and earned a high school diploma from the Alabama School of Math and Science, followed by a bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University in 1999.[1][2][6] She is pursuing a Master of Legal Studies at Vanderbilt Law School.[1][2] WFAE's voter guide lists her as 47 years old and says she has not held elected office.[6]

Womack describes herself as the owner of Womack Consulting Group, which she says has provided strategic advisory services to nonprofits, small businesses, faith-based organizations, and political campaigns for more than two decades.[2] Her career experience includes work as a consultant, deacon, Chief Strategy Officer at ASPIRE Community Capital (a community development financial institution), and CEO at Thrive Creative Community, and she is affiliated with Friends of Keep Charlotte Beautiful, the Charlotte Business INClusion Advisory Committee, and Black Seed Network.[1][2]

She says her political experience includes working on Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, serving on the Podium Operations Team for the 2024 Democratic National Convention, and working as a strategist for local and state-level campaigns.[2] She says she is an ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and has completed The Campaign School at Yale, Emerge America, and Lead NC. During the campaign, she described her priorities as affordable health care, economic mobility, equitable education, and strengthening democratic participation.[2] Womack won the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary with 52.2% of the vote over Brent Caldwell and Ahmid Kargbo.[1] She won the November 3, 2026 general election with 51.1% of the vote to Tim Moore's 48.9%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News.[3]