Cary is a town in Wake,Chatham,and Durham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is part of the Raleigh-Cary,NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the 2020 census,its population was 174,721,making it the seventh-most populous municipality in North Carolina,and the 148th-most populous in the United States. In 2022,the town's population had increased to 180,388.
Glen Lang is an American businessman and politician who served as mayor of Cary,North Carolina from 1999 to 2003. He also was a professional hockey player.
Dorothy Jean Tillman is an American politician,civil rights activist and former Chicago,Illinois alderman. Tillman served as the alderman of the city's 3rd Ward from 1985 until 2007. A member of the Democratic Party,representing part of the city's South Side in the Chicago City Council. As an Alderman,Tillman was a strong advocate of reparations for slavery. In April 2007,Tillman was defeated in a runoff election by challenger Pat Dowell. Tillman defeated Dowell in 2003. Prior to her career as an alderman,Tillman was active in the Civil Rights Movement,working for Martin Luther King Jr.'s Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) as an activist. Tillman was known for wearing large hats and has cultivated this image as her trademark.
Thomas M. Tunney is an American politician and entrepreneur from Chicago,Illinois. From 2003 to 2023,he served as an alderman on the Chicago City Council. He represented the prominent 44th Ward of the city,which includes major tourist destinations,Northalsted and Wrigleyville neighborhoods. He was also vice mayor from 2019 to 2023.
Jyles Jackson Coggins was an American real estate developer and politician who served in the North Carolina House of Representatives and North Carolina Senate. He served as the Mayor of Raleigh,North Carolina from 1975 until 1977.
Mark J. Kleinschmidt is an American lawyer,teacher,and politician. He served as the Mayor of Chapel Hill,North Carolina,from 2009 until 2015.
James Michael Woodard is an American politician who has served in the North Carolina Senate from the 22nd district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,he represents most of Durham County.
Pamela Somers Hemminger is an American politician who served as the mayor of Chapel Hill,North Carolina,from 2015 to 2023. She owns a small real-estate company and previously served on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools board of education and the Orange County Board of County Commissioners. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Kevin C. Foy is an American politician and professor who served as Mayor of Chapel Hill,North Carolina,from 2001 to 2009. He is a member of the Democratic Party. As mayor,Foy focused on land-use ordinances and urban planning in the town. He now teaches at North Carolina Central University School of Law.
The 2019 mayoral election in the city of Raleigh,North Carolina,was held on Tuesday,October 8,2019. Former City Council member Mary-Ann Baldwin placed first in the election,followed by attorney Charles Francis. Although Baldwin did not receive a majority of the vote,Francis declined to seek a runoff,leaving Baldwin elected as the city's next mayor.
Cary,North Carolina,held an election for mayor on Tuesday,October 6,2015. Harold Weinbrecht,the incumbent mayor,ran unopposed and won reelection to a third term.
Cary,North Carolina,held an election for mayor on Tuesday,October 11,2011. Harold Weinbrecht,the incumbent mayor,faced off against Michelle Muir,a businesswoman and former member of the Cary Chamber of Commerce. Weinbrecht defeated Muir,winning re-election to a second term in office.
Cary,North Carolina,held an election for mayor on Tuesday,October 8,2019.
Sheldon A. Neeley is an American politician,currently serving as the Mayor of Flint,Michigan. He was elected as Flint's mayor in 2019 and served an abbreviated three-year term before being re-elected in 2022. Neeley is a registered Democrat and a former state representative in Michigan's 34th House district. He served two complete terms and one partial term in the Michigan House of Representatives between 2015 and 2019. He resigned from his position in the House when he was elected as the Mayor of Flint in 2019. Neeley's wife,Cynthia,was elected to his former seat on March 10,2020. Neeley served two complete terms and one partial term on the Flint City Council between 2005 and 2014,prior to his tenure as Michigan Representative and was the Council's first African-American member to have come from Flint's Sixth Ward.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina were held on November 8,2022,to elect U.S. representatives from the state of North Carolina,concurrent with nationwide elections to the House of Representatives and U.S. Senate,alongside legislative elections to the state house and senate. Primaries were held on May 17,2022.
Saige Martin is an American artist,fund director,and politician. A Democrat,Martin was one of the first openly gay people,the first Latinx person,and the youngest person ever to sit on the Raleigh City Council. He served from 2019 until 2020,when he resigned due to the alleged sexual assault of several men and misconduct.
The 2022 mayoral election in the city of Raleigh,North Carolina,was originally scheduled to be held on Tuesday,October 5,2021,but was postponed until November 8,2022 by the passage of a state law in June 2021 that permanently moved Raleigh municipal elections to even years. The law also changed the requirement that winners attain a majority of the vote in a runoff if necessary,instead allowing election by a simple plurality. Incumbent mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin sought election to a second term in office. She was challenged by Terrance Ruth and DaQuanta Copeland.
The 2021 Durham,North Carolina mayoral election was held on November 2,2021,to elect the next mayor of Durham,North Carolina.
Michael R. Nelson is an American politician who served as Mayor of Carrboro,North Carolina from 1995 to 2005 and as a county commissioner for Orange County from 2006 to 2009. Nelson,who is a co-founder of Equality North Carolina,was the first openly gay mayor in North Carolina. At the time of his inauguration,he was one of five openly gay mayors in the United States. When he left his mayoral office in 2005,he was the longest-serving mayor in Carrboro's history.
Fred Gaines Bond Jr. was an American politician and tobacco industry representative,associated with the Flue Cured Tobacco Stabilization Corporation. He was a three-term mayor of Cary,North Carolina.
