Baltimore mayoral election, 2011

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Baltimore mayoral election, 2011
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  2007 November 8, 2011 (2011-11-08) 2016  

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Candidate Stephanie Rawlings-Blake Alfred V. Griffin
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote40,1256,108
Percentage84.47%12.86%

Mayor before election

Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
Sheila Dixon convicted, 2009
Democratic

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Elected Mayor

Stephanie
Rawlings-Blake

Democratic

The 2011 Baltimore mayoral election was held on November 8, 2011. Because Baltimore's electorate is overwhelmingly Democratic, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's victory in the Democratic primary on September 13, 2011 all but assured her of victory in the general election.

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Background and candidates

Sheila Dixon, the winner of the previous mayoral election, was forced from office following a 2010 conviction. [1] Therefore, city council president Stephanie Rawlings-Blake became mayor for the final year of what had been Dixon's term, and subsequently ran for election to a full term. Other candidates for the Democratic nomination included state senator Catherine E. Pugh; Otis Rolley, a former administrator in city government, Frank M. Conaway, Sr., the only person, other than Rawlings-Blake, in the race to have won a citywide election, and former councilman Jody Landers

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Primary election results

These are the results for the 2011 Democratic primary, as reported on the City of Baltimore's official website. [2]

CandidateVotes%
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake 38,82952.15%
Catherine E. Pugh 18,79725.24%
Otis Rolley 9,41512.64%
Joseph T. Landers5,0896.83%
Frank M. Conaway, Sr.2,0952.81%
Wilton Lloyd Wilson2350.32%

General election campaign

General election results

The General Election was held on November 8, 2011. The results were as follows:

Baltimore City mayoral election, 2011 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Stephanie Rawlings-Blake 40,12584.47
Republican Alfred V. Griffin6,10812.86

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References

  1. Vozzella, Laura (December 2, 2009). "Laura Vozzella: The prolific Juror No. 11 finally gets to speak out". Los Angeles Times.
  2. "Statement of Votes Cast" (PDF). Baltimore Elections Board. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
  3. "Statement of Votes Cast" (PDF). Baltimore Elections Board. Retrieved July 5, 2015.