2019 Raleigh mayoral election

2019 Raleigh mayoral election

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Candidate Mary-Ann Baldwin Charles Francis
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 20,755 16,910
Percentage 38.23% 31.15%

 
Candidate Caroline Sullivan Zainab Baloch
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 11,121 3,501
Percentage 20.49% 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]

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]

  1. ^ Johnson, Anna; Doran, Will (October 11, 2019). "Mary-Ann Baldwin is Raleigh's next mayor after Francis decides against runoff". The News & Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  2. ^ McFarlane, Nancy (March 13, 2019). "'Raleigh politics could use a reset': Mayor McFarlane not running again". WRAL-TV. Raleigh, North Carolina. Retrieved October 12, 2019.