Thomas A. Stith III is a North Carolina political figure. Stith was a member of the city council of Durham,North Carolina from 1999 to 2007. More recently,he has served as Program Director for Economic Development at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise,and then as North Carolina district director for the federal Small Business Administration. In December 2020,Stith was selected as the next president of the North Carolina Community College System.
Patrick Lloyd McCrory is an American politician,businessman,and radio host who served as the 74th governor of North Carolina from 2013 to 2017. As of 2023,McCrory remains the only Republican elected as governor of North Carolina in the 21st century. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served as the 53rd mayor of Charlotte from 1995 to 2009.
Paul Yelverton Coble served one term as Mayor of Raleigh,North Carolina from December 1999 to December 2001. Coble served on the Wake County Board of Commissioners from 2006 to 2014,and served as chairman of the board from 2010 to 2012. In 2015,he became the Legislative Services Officer for the North Carolina General Assembly.
Janet Cowell is the former North Carolina State Treasurer,serving from 2009 to 2017,and is the first woman to hold that position in North Carolina. She was previously a two-term member of the Raleigh City Council and a two-term Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate,representing Wake County.
Beth A. Wood is an American politician and accountant who formerly served as the Auditor of North Carolina from 2009 until 2023. A Democrat,she is the first woman to hold the office. Born in New Bern,she initially worked as a dental hygienist before getting a degree in accounting in 1984. In the mid-1990s Wood took a job in the Office of the North Carolina State Treasurer,where she was responsible for approving audits of local governments. She later took a job in the office of the Auditor of North Carolina,and was promoted to head of the training division.
The 2012 North Carolina gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2012,concurrently with the 2012 United States presidential election,U.S. House election,statewide judicial election,Council of State election and various local elections.
Raleigh City Council is the governing body for the city of Raleigh,the state capital of North Carolina.
The Raleigh mayoral election of 2011 was held on October 11,2011,to elect a Mayor of Raleigh,North Carolina for a two-year term. Incumbent Mayor Charles Meeker announced in April 2011 that he would not run for a sixth term. The election was officially a non-partisan contest,but outgoing Mayor Meeker was well known as a Democrat. Meeker endorsed candidate Nancy McFarlane,who is politically unaffiliated,to succeed him. She won the election with 61 percent of the vote,making a runoff unnecessary.
Beth Dail Finch was an American politician and businessperson. Finch served as the first female Mayor of Fayetteville,North Carolina,from 1975 to 1981. She is the only woman to hold that office as of 2021.
The biennial election for the Mayor of Raleigh,North Carolina was held on October 8,2013. The election was nonpartisan. Incumbent Mayor Nancy McFarlane ran for a second term. She received a majority of the vote on October 8,thus avoiding a runoff,which would have been held on November 5.
The 2016 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2016,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. Democratic state attorney general Roy Cooper won his first term in office,defeating Republican incumbent Pat McCrory.
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.
The biennial election for the Mayor of Raleigh,North Carolina was held on Tuesday,Oct. 6,2015. The election was nonpartisan. Incumbent Mayor Nancy McFarlane won a third term in office.
The biennial nonpartisan election for the Mayor of Raleigh,North Carolina,was held on Tuesday,Oct. 10,2017. As no candidate won a majority of the vote in the first round,a runoff was held on November 7,2017,as requested by the second-place finisher,Charles Francis. Incumbent Mayor Nancy McFarlane defeated Francis in the runoff,winning a fourth term in office.
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.
Mary-Ann Baldwin is an American marketing executive and politician from the state of North Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party,she is the mayor of Raleigh,North Carolina,serving since 2019,and previously served on the Raleigh City Council from 2007 to 2017.
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.
James Edwards Hamlin was an American military officer,businessman,and politician. Born in Virginia,he attended Shaw University in Raleigh,North Carolina. He worked some menial jobs before becoming a postal clerk,and eventually opened a saloon. In 1898 Hamlin was mustered into the North Carolina 32nd Volunteers and appointed the rank of captain. He served in the Philippines before returning to North Carolina in 1901. Three years later he cofounded a drug store in Raleigh,which later became known as Hamlin Drug. A member of the Republican Party and proponent of organized labor,he served on the Raleigh Board of Alderman for several years.
The 2024 Raleigh mayoral election will be held on November 5,2024. It will elect the mayor of Raleigh,North Carolina. Municipal elections in Raleigh are officially nonpartisan and use the plurality vote system,with no possibility of a runoff.
