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
Charles Carpenter Meeker (born July 27, 1950) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 34th Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina. He was first elected in 2001 over Republican Paul Coble, and reelected for a fif ...
announced in April 2011 that he would not run for a sixth term.
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. She won the election with 61 percent of the vote, making a
runoff unnecessary.
Candidates
;Filed
*Nancy McFarlane, member of City Council and pharmacist
*Billie Redmond, real estate executive
*Randall Williams, obstetrician/gynecologist
;Declined
*J. B. Buxton, former deputy state school superintendent
*Seth Keel, 17-year-old high school senior
Results
Footnotes
External links
Wake County Board of Elections
{{2011 United States elections
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