2024 Raleigh mayoral election

2024 Raleigh mayoral election

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Candidate Janet Cowell Paul Fitts Terrance Ruth
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 131,079 40,324 24,854
Percentage 59.78% 18.39% 11.34%

Mayor before election

Mary-Ann Baldwin
Democratic

Elected mayor

TBD

The 2024 Raleigh mayoral election was held on November 5, 2024.[1] 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.

Incumbent mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin chose to retire rather than seek re-election to a third term in office.[2] Former state treasurer Janet Cowell was elected mayor with 59.78 percent of the vote.[3]

  1. ^ "Wake County Board of Elections: Future election dates". Wake County Board of Elections. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference baldwin was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Johnson, Kristen; Bridges, Virginia (November 6, 2024). "'We won.' Former State Treasurer Janet Cowell wins Raleigh's race for mayor". The News & Observer. Retrieved November 7, 2024.