2012 Wilmington mayoral election

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2012 Wilmington mayoral election
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 2008November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06) 2016  
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Nominee Dennis P. Williams
Party Democratic
Popular vote25,605
Percentage100%

Mayor before election

James Baker
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Dennis P. Williams
Democratic

The 2012 Wilmington mayoral election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, to elect the mayor of Wilmington, Delaware. Incumbent mayor James Baker was ineligible to run again because of term limits.

Contents

Democratic Party primaries were held on September 11, 2012, and won by Dennis P. Williams. [1] Williams faced a write-in campaign from Kevin Melloy in the general election. Williams won the general election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Withdrew

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dennis P. Williams 4,244 38.5
Democratic Kevin Kelley3,13628.5
Democratic Bill Montgomery2,29020.8
Democratic Robert Bovell1,0279.3
Democratic Scott Spencer3172.9
Total votes11,014 100

Republican primary

Candidates

Disqualified from ballot, running as write-in candidate

  • Kevin Melloy, real estate agent [6] [9]

Withdrew

  • Mike Brown, City Councilman [10]

General election

Candidates

Results

Wilmington mayoral election, 2012 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dennis P. Williams 25,605 100
Democratic hold

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