The Raleigh mayoral election of 2001 was held on November 6, 2001, to elect a

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. The election was

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. It was won by Charles Meeker, who defeated incumbent

Paul Coble Paul Yelverton Coble (born October 19, 1953, in Raleigh, North Carolina) served one term as Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina from December 1999 to December 2001. Coble served on the Wake County Board of Commissioners from 2006 to 2014, and served ...

in the run-off. A third candidate was eliminated in the first round on October 9.

Results

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