2011 Raleigh mayoral election

Raleigh mayoral election, 2011

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Candidate	Nancy McFarlane	Billie Redmond	Randall Williams
Party	Independent	Republican	Republican
Popular vote	34,548	16,726	5,221
Percentage	61.08%	29.57%	9.23%

Mayor before election

Charles Meeker
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Nancy McFarlane
Independent

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The Raleigh mayoral election of 2011 was held on October 11, 2011, to elect a Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina for a two-year term. Incumbent Mayor Charles Meeker announced in April 2011 that he would not run for a sixth term.^[1] The election was officially a non-partisan contest, but outgoing Mayor Meeker was well known as a Democrat. Meeker endorsed candidate Nancy McFarlane, who is politically unaffiliated, to succeed him.^[2] She won the election with 61 percent of the vote, making a runoff unnecessary.^[3]

Candidates[]

Filed^[4]

Nancy McFarlane, member of City Council and pharmacist^[5]^[6]
Billie Redmond, real estate executive^[7]
Randall Williams, obstetrician/gynecologist^[8]

Declined

J. B. Buxton, former deputy state school superintendent^[9]^[10]
Seth Keel, 17-year-old high school senior^[11]

Results[]

2011 Raleigh mayoral election^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Non-partisan ^[13]	Nancy McFarlane	34,548	61.08
	Non-partisan ^[14]	Billie Redmond	16,726	29.57
	Non-partisan ^[15]	Randall Williams	5,221	9.23
	Other	Write-ins	66	0.12
Turnout			56,561

Footnotes[]

^ News & Observer: Meeker won't seek re-election bid Archived 2011-04-29 at the Wayback Machine
^ News & Observer: Meeker endorses McFarlane Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
^ News & Observer: Raleigh voters choose McFarlane as next mayor Archived 2011-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
^ WRAL: Three to vie for Raleigh mayor
^ Independent Weekly: Meeker era to end: Mayor won't run for a 6th term
^ News & Observer: McFarlane announces run for mayor Archived 2011-04-29 at the Wayback Machine
^ News & Observer: Redmond to announce plans for Raleigh mayoral race Archived 2011-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-07-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2011-07-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-05. Retrieved 2011-07-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ News & Observer: Wake school board opponent Seth Keel launches Raleigh mayor bid
^ "Oct. 2011 election results". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
^ McFarlane is registered Unaffiliated (Independent).
^ Redmond is registered as a Republican.
^ Williams is registered as a Republican.

External links[]

Wake County Board of Elections

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