2019 Raleigh mayoral election

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2019 Raleigh mayoral election
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  2017 October 8, 2019 2022  
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Candidate Mary-Ann Baldwin Charles Francis
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote20,75516,910
Percentage38.23%31.15%

 
CandidateCaroline SullivanZainab Baloch
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote11,1213,501
Percentage20.49%6.45%

Mayor before election

Nancy McFarlane
Independent

Elected Mayor

Mary-Ann Baldwin
Democratic

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. [1]

Contents

Incumbent Mayor Nancy McFarlane, first elected for a two-year term in 2011 and re-elected in 2013, 2015, and 2017, was eligible to seek re-election, but announced that she would not seek a fifth term. [2]

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

Mary-Ann Baldwin
Newspapers
Caroline Sullivan
Local Officials

First round results

2019 Raleigh mayoral election [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Non-partisan [lower-alpha 1] Mary-Ann Baldwin 20,755 38.23%
Non-partisan [lower-alpha 2] Charles Francis16,91031.15%
Non-partisan [lower-alpha 3] Caroline Sullivan11,12120.49%
Non-partisan [lower-alpha 4] Zainab Baloch3,5016.45%
Non-partisan [lower-alpha 5] Justin L. Sutton1,1212.07%
Non-partisan [lower-alpha 6] George Knott7371.36%
OtherWrite-ins1400.26
Turnout 54,285

Notes

  1. Baldwin is registered as a Democrat.
  2. Francis is registered as a Democrat.
  3. Sullivan is registered as a Democrat.
  4. Baloch is registered as a Democrat.
  5. Sutton is registered Unaffiliated.
  6. Knott is registered as a Democrat.

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