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Michael Francis Easley is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 72nd governor of North Carolina from 2001 to 2009. He is the first governor of North Carolina to have been convicted of a felony. The conviction was later expunged by the Chief Judge of the Superior Court of Wake County. A member of the Democratic Party,Easley was North Carolina's second Catholic governor.
Joseph Melville Broughton Jr. was an American politician who served as the 60th governor of North Carolina from 1941 to 1945. He later briefly served as a United States Senator from January 3,1949,until his death in office approximately two months later.
U.S. Route 401 (US 401) is a north–south United States highway,a spur of U.S. Route 1,that travels along the Fall Line from Sumter,South Carolina to Interstate 85 near Wise,North Carolina.
Charles Carpenter Meeker is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 34th Mayor of Raleigh,North Carolina. He was first elected in 2001 over Republican Paul Coble,and reelected for a fifth two-year term in 2009. A fifth term tied Meeker with Avery C. Upchurch as Raleigh's longest-serving mayor.
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.
Thomas Harrison Fetzer Jr. is an American politician and lobbyist who served three two-year terms as Mayor of Raleigh,North Carolina from 1993 to 1999. He was chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party from 2009 to 2011.
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.
Clarence Everett Lightner was an American politician and mortician. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as Mayor of Raleigh,North Carolina from 1973 to 1975. He was the first popularly elected Mayor of Raleigh since 1947,and the first African American elected mayor of a mostly-white,major Southern city in the United States.
William Gilmore "Bill" Enloe was an American businessman and politician who served as the Mayor of Raleigh,North Carolina from 1957 to 1963. Enloe was born in South Carolina and sold popcorn before moving to North Carolina and taking up work with North Carolina Theatres,Inc. In 1953 he was elected to the City Council of Raleigh. Four years later he was elected Mayor. During his tenure the American South was permeated by civil unrest due to racial segregation. Considered a moderate on civil rights,Enloe criticized black demonstrators and resisted efforts to integrate the theaters he managed,but he eventually compromised and appointed a committee to oversee the desegregation of Raleigh businesses. He left office in 1963,but returned to the city council in 1971. He died the following year. William G. Enloe High School in Raleigh was named in his honor.
Michael P. Walters is a North Carolina businessman and politician. He was appointed to a seat in the North Carolina Senate in 2009 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Sen. David Weinstein,and then was elected and re-elected to the Senate in 2010 and 2012. He chose not to run for another term in 2014. Walters has represented Senate District 13,including Columbus,Robeson and Hoke counties.
Jyles Jackson Coggins was an American real estate developer and politician who served in the North Carolina House of Representatives and North Carolina Senate. He served as the Mayor of Raleigh,North Carolina from 1975 until 1977.
Nancy Pletcher McFarlane is an American pharmacist and politician. She served as the 61st mayor of Raleigh,North Carolina,the state capital. She was elected to lead the city in the 2011 election,and succeeded Charles Meeker,who had declined to run for re-election to another term. McFarlane is a political independent but ran with the endorsement of the local Democratic Party. She was re-elected for three further terms,in 2013,2015,and 2017,but declined to run for re-election in 2019.
Edwin Thomas Boykin was a North Carolina politician who served in the North Carolina House of Representatives,the North Carolina Senate and as the sixth President pro tempore of the North Carolina Senate.
Four justices of the seven-member North Carolina Supreme Court and four judges of the 15-member North Carolina Court of Appeals were elected by North Carolina voters on November 4,2014,concurrently with other state elections. Terms for seats on each court are eight years.
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.
This is a list of elections in the U.S. state of North Carolina.
John Wesley Winters Sr. was an American real estate developer,politician,and civil rights activist. A member of the Democratic Party,he served on City Council of Raleigh,North Carolina,from 1961 until 1967 and in the North Carolina Senate for the 14th district from 1975 until 1977.
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 law in June 2021. Incumbent mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin sought election to a second term in office. She was challenged by Terrance Ruth and DaQuanta Copeland.