 | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
.jpg)
| Elections in North Carolina |
|---|
 |
The 2021 Durham, North Carolina mayoral election was held on November 2, 2021, to elect the next mayor of Durham, North Carolina.
Mayor Steve Schewel was elected with 59.5% of the vote in 2017,[1] and was reelected with 83.4% in 2019.[2] On May 27, 2021, he announced that he would not seek a third term.[3] Seven candidates filed to run in this election to succeed Schewel as mayor.[4]
Schewel endorsed city council member Javiera Caballero to be his successor. Durham's longest-serving mayor, Bill Bell, endorsed former superior court judge Elaine O'Neal. Caballero and O'Neal were considered the two frontrunners in the election.[5]
A nonpartisan blanket primary was held on October 5, 2021. The top two candidates from the primary, Elaine O'Neal and Javiera Caballero, advanced to the general election ballot.[6] O'Neal garnered 84.6% of the vote in the general election, thus becoming mayor.
- ^ Vaughan, Dawn; Eanes, Zachery; Johnson, Joe. "Steve Schewel to be Durham's next mayor". Durham Herald-Sun. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
- ^ Griffin, Matthew; Morrion, Maria; Olivia, Wivestad (November 5, 2019). "Durham election results: Mayor, city council, housing bond all decided". The Chronicle. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
- ^ Innis, Charlie (May 27, 2021). "Durham Mayor Schewel will not seek re-election in 'rough and tumble political town'". The News & Observer. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
- ^ "Durham election filing ends with 7-way race for mayor, contested council races". The News & Observer. August 13, 2021. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
- ^ Blackwell, Penelope (September 3, 2021). "Is one of these women the next mayor of Durham?". The News & Observer. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
- ^ WRAL.com