Election Name: | Raleigh mayoral election, 2013 |
Flag Image: | Flag of Raleigh, North Carolina.svg |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2011 Raleigh mayoral election |
Previous Year: | 2011 |
Next Election: | 2015 Raleigh mayoral election |
Next Year: | 2015 |
Election Date: | October 8, 2013 |
Candidate1: | Nancy McFarlane |
Party1: | Independent politician |
Popular Vote1: | 32,549 |
Percentage1: | 72.76% |
Candidate2: | Robert Weltzin |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 9,765 |
Percentage2: | 21.83% |
Candidate3: | Venita Peyton |
Party3: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote3: | 2,307 |
Percentage3: | 5.16% |
Mayor | |
Before Election: | Nancy McFarlane |
Before Party: | Independent politician |
After Election: | Nancy McFarlane |
After Party: | Independent politician |
The biennial election for the Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina was held on October 8, 2013. The election was nonpartisan. Incumbent Mayor Nancy McFarlane ran for a second term.[1] She received a majority of the vote on October 8, thus avoiding a runoff, which would have been held on November 5.