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The office of the Mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina is elected for a two-year term. [1] The city's mayoral and municipal election are held during off-years. The mayoral election is nonpartisan. The office has been held by Mitch Colvin since 2017. He is the chief legislator of the city of Fayetteville, though as a first among equals, as Fayetteville is a Council-Manager city.
J. W. Walker was the first mayor of Fayettesville.
"The Story of Fayetteville and the Upper Cape Fear" was written by John Oates and published in 1950. All twelve consecutive Mayors who have held office since 1961 have signed a copy. [2]
| Mayor | Term Begins | Term Ends | Political party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Butler | 1961 | 1963 | Democratic Party | |
| Wilber Clark | 1963 | 1965 | Democratic Party | |
| Monroe Evans | 1965 | 1969 | Democratic Party | First Jewish mayor of Fayetteville [9] |
| Charles B.C. Holt | 1969 | 1971 | Democratic Party | |
| Jack Lee | 1971 | 1975 | Republican Party | First Republican mayor during the 20th Century [10] |
| Beth Finch | 1975 | 1981 | Democratic Party | First woman to serve as Mayor of Fayetteville [9] |
| Bill Hurley | 1981 | 1987 | Democratic Party | |
| J.L. Dawkins | 1987 | May 30, 2000 [9] | Died in office on May 30, 2000 [9] Longest-serving mayor in city history. [11] | |
| Milo McBryde | August 21, 2000 [12] | December 3, 2001 | Appointed mayor in August 2000 to serve the remainder of Dawkins' unexpired term. [13] Defeated for re-election on November 6, 2001. [13] | |
| Marshall Pitts Jr. | December 3, 2001 [14] | December 2005 | Democratic Party | First African-American mayor of Fayetteville. [13] Defeated for re-election in November 2005. [15] |
| Tony Chavonne | December 2005 | December 2, 2013 [1] | Democratic Party | |
| Nat Robertson | December 2, 2013 [1] | December 4, 2017 | Republican Party | |
| Mitch Colvin | December 4, 2017 | Incumbent [1] | Democratic Party | |
WUVC-DT is a television station licensed to Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language Univision network to the Research Triangle region. It is owned and operated by TelevisaUnivision alongside Raleigh-licensed low-power UniMás station WTNC-LD. The two stations share studios on Falls of Neuse Road in Raleigh; WUVC-DT's transmitter is located northeast of Broadway, North Carolina.
Interstate 295 (I-295), also known as the Fayetteville Outer Loop, is a partially completed Interstate-grade planned 34-mile-long (55 km) bypass around the western side of Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States. As of August 2020, it stretches for 22 miles (35 km) from US Highway 401 (US 401) in western Fayetteville to I-95 and US 13 near Eastover. The final section between US 401 and I-95 near Parkton is being constructed in segments and is expected to be completed around 2026. A two-mile-long (3.2 km) segment from Parkton Road northeast of Parkton to Black Bridge Road south of Hope Mills is signed as North Carolina Highway 295 (NC 295). NC 295 was also used as temporary designations for the highway before I-295 was signed.
Patrick Lloyd McCrory is an American politician, businessman, and radio host who served as the 74th governor of North Carolina from 2013 to 2017. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 53rd mayor of Charlotte from 1995 to 2009.
Cape Fear High School is a public secondary school in the eastern region of Cumberland County in the unincorporated community of Vander, North Carolina, to the east of Fayetteville, North Carolina. The Cape Fear school attendance area is the largest in the county by area size.
Cheri Lynn Beasley is an American attorney and jurist who served as the chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 2019 to 2020; she was appointed an associate justice in 2012. Beasley previously served on the North Carolina Court of Appeals and as a district court judge in Cumberland County, North Carolina.
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Joshua Harold Stein is an American lawyer and politician who serves as the 51st attorney general of North Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, Stein previously was a member of the North Carolina Senate representing the 16th district, located in Wake County.
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Nat Robertson is an American businessman and politician, who served as the mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina, from December 2, 2013, through December 2017. Robertson had previously served in the Fayetteville City Council for eight years. Mayors of Fayetteville are elected to two-year terms.
Marshall B. Pitts Jr. is an American lawyer and politician. He served as the Mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina, for two terms from 2001 until 2005. Pitts was the city's first African-American mayor.
J.L. Dawkins was an American politician. Dawkins' served as the Mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina, from 1987 until 2000, the longest tenure of any mayor in the city's history. He died in office on May 30, 2000.
The 2016 United States Senate election in North Carolina was held November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of North Carolina, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Primary elections were held March 15.
The 2016 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2016, to elect the Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Primary elections were held March 15.
Mitch Colvin is an American businessman, mortician and politician who currently serves as the Mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina, starting December 2017.
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.
The 2020 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 2020, to elect the Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Primary elections were held on March 3, 2020.
The 2007 Fayetteville mayoral election took place on November 6, 2007, to elect the mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Tony Chavonne.
The 2019 election for the Mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina was held on November 5, 2019. Mayor Mitch Colvin, who was first elected in 2017, ran for re-election to a second term. No other candidate filed to run. Colvin was re-elected with 94.8% of the vote, with 5.2% of the vote going to various write-in candidates.
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Edwin Robeson MacKethan was a lawyer, mayor, and state legislator in North Carolina. He served in the North Carolina House of Representatives and the North Carolina Senate.