2013 Charlotte mayoral election

2013 Charlotte mayoral election
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Mayor before election; Patsy Kinsey; Democratic	Elected mayor ; Patrick Cannon; Democratic

The biennial Charlotte mayoral election was held on Tuesday, November 5, 2013. Primary elections were held on Tuesday, September 10, 2013.^[1] Unaffiliated voters were allowed to vote in either the Democratic or Republican primary.

On July 2, 2013, Anthony Foxx, a Democrat, announced that he would resign as mayor to become United States Secretary of Transportation. District 1 city councilperson Patsy Kinsey, also a Democrat, was named interim mayor the same day with the understanding that she would not stand in the mayoral election in November. Kinsey instead ran to regain the council seat she had vacated.

Democratic Party nominee Patrick Cannon, another member of the city council, won the general election to become the 55th mayor of Charlotte. However, only under four months into his term, on March 26, 2014, Cannon was arrested by the FBI on charges of accepting bribes (to which he later pleaded guilty) and resigned later that day, prompting the City Council to elect Dan Clodfelter to serve for the remainder of Cannon's term as the 57th Mayor of Charlotte.

Candidates

Democratic

Mayor Pro Tempore/City Council member Patrick Cannon ^[2]
Gary Mitchell Dunn ^[3]
City Council member James Mitchell, Jr.^[4]
Lucille Puckett^[5]

Declined

Mayor Anthony Foxx, a Democrat, declined to run for a third term in 2013^[6] and was then appointed United States Secretary of Transportation by President Barack Obama.^[7]
Interim Mayor Patsy Kinsey ^[8]

Republican

Former City Councilman Edwin Peacock III ^[9]
David Michael Rice ^[10]

Results

Primaries

Candidates		Democratic Primary Election - Sept. 10 ^[11]
Candidate	Party	Votes	Percent
Patrick Cannon	Democratic	14,025	55.70%
James "Smuggie" Mitchell	Democratic	9,956	39.54%
Gary Dunn	Democratic	631	2.51%
Lucille Puckett	Democratic	567	2.25%

Candidates		Republican Primary Election - Sept. 10 ^[12]
Candidate	Party	Votes	Percent
Edwin Peacock III	Republican	8,289	92.06%
David Michael Rice	Republican	715	7.94%

General election

Candidates		General Election - Nov. 5 ^[13]
Candidate	Party	Votes	Percent
Patrick Cannon	Democratic	51,310	53.06%
Edwin B. Peacock III	Republican	45,036	46.74%

References

^ Election schedule
^ Charlotte Observer: Patrick Cannon announces run for Charlotte mayor
^ NCPoliticalNews.com Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
^ Charlotte Observer: Councilman James Mitchell files for mayor
^ Mecklenburg Board of Elections - Candidate List
^ Charlotte Observer: Charlotte mayor says he doesn't plan to run for re-election Archived October 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Charlotte Observer: Senate votes 100-0 to confirm Anthony Foxx as transportation secretary today". Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2013-06-27.
^ "Charlotte Observer: Charlotte gets 2nd female mayor as Foxx resigns". Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2013-07-02.
^ Charlotte Observer
^ Charlotte Observer: Mitchell, Cannon to headline mayor's race Archived August 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
^ NC Board of Elections Municipal Primary Results
^ NC Board of Elections Municipal Primary Results
^ NC Board of Elections Municipal Election Results for Mecklenburg County

External links

Mecklenburg County Board of Elections

[1] Election schedule

[2] Charlotte Observer: Patrick Cannon announces run for Charlotte mayor

[3] NCPoliticalNews.com Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

[4] Charlotte Observer: Councilman James Mitchell files for mayor

[5] Mecklenburg Board of Elections - Candidate List

[6] Charlotte Observer: Charlotte mayor says he doesn't plan to run for re-election Archived October 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

[7] "Charlotte Observer: Senate votes 100-0 to confirm Anthony Foxx as transportation secretary today". Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2013-06-27.

[8] "Charlotte Observer: Charlotte gets 2nd female mayor as Foxx resigns". Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2013-07-02.

[9] Charlotte Observer

[10] Charlotte Observer: Mitchell, Cannon to headline mayor's race Archived August 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

[11] NC Board of Elections Municipal Primary Results

[12] NC Board of Elections Municipal Primary Results

[13] NC Board of Elections Municipal Election Results for Mecklenburg County

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