2025 Fayetteville, North Carolina mayoral election

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2025 Fayetteville mayoral election
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Candidate Mitch Colvin Kathy Jensen
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Mayor before election

Mitch Colvin

Elected mayor

TBD

The 2025 Fayetteville mayoral election is scheduled to be held on November 4, 2025, to elect the mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina. The nonpartisan blanket primary was held on October 7, with incumbent mayor Mitch Colvin advancing to the general election alongside city councilmember Kathy Jensen.

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Primary election

Candidates

Advanced to general

  • Mitch Colvin, incumbent mayor (2017–present) [1]
  • Kathy Jensen, city councilmember (2013–present) [1]

Eliminated in primary

  • Mario Benavente, city councilmember (2022–present) [1]
  • Tisha Waddell, strategic consultant and former city councilmember (2017–2021) [1]
  • Freddie de la Cruz, businessman [1]
  • Paul Williams, former city councilmember (1997–1999) [1]
  • Courtney Banks-McLaughlin, city councilmember (2019–present) [1]
  • Clifton Johnson, retired army major [1]
  • John Ashford, write-in candidate for mayor in 2022 [1]
  • Nahlee Smith, former social worker [1]

Results

2025 Fayetteville mayoral primary election results [2]
CandidateVotes%
Mitch Colvin (incumbent)6,75447.6%
Kathy Jensen2,56918.1%
Mario Benavente1,3599.6%
Tisha Waddell9967.0%
Freddie de la Cruz9456.7%
Paul Williams7375.2%
Courtney Banks-McLaughlin7065.0%
Clifton Johnson630.4%
John Ashford360.3%
Nahlee Smith210.2%
Total votes14,186 100.00%

General election

Incumbent mayor Mitch Colvin and city councilmember Kathy Jensen advanced to the November 4 general election after placing first and second in the nonpartisan blanket primary, with 47.6% and 18.1% of the vote respectively. [3]

Results

2025 Fayetteville mayoral general election results
CandidateVotes%
Mitch Colvin (incumbent)
Kathy Jensen
Total votes100.00%

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "The Mayoral Candidates and Points You Need to Know". FSU The Voice.
  2. ↑ "Primary election results in Fayetteville City Council and mayor elections". CityView NC. 8 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "Mayoral election". Ballotpedia.
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