The biennial Charlotte mayoral election was held on Tuesday, November 5, 2013. Primary elections were held on Tuesday, September 10, 2013.Election schedule 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 Gary Mitchell Dunn NCPoliticalNews.com City Council member James Mitchell, Jr. Lucille PuckettMecklenburg Board of Elections - Candidate List
Declined Mayor Anthony Foxx, a Democrat, declined to run for a third term in 2013Charlotte Observer: Charlotte mayor says he doesn't plan to run for re-election and was then appointed United States Secretary of Transportation by President Barack Obama. Interim Mayor Patsy Kinsey
Republican Former City Councilman Edwin Peacock III David Michael Rice Charlotte Observer: Mitchell, Cannon to headline mayor's race
Results
Primaries Candidates Democratic Primary Election - Sept. 10 NC Board of Elections Municipal Primary ResultsCandidatePartyVotesPercent 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 NC Board of Elections Municipal Primary ResultsCandidatePartyVotesPercent Edwin Peacock III Republican 8,289 92.06% David Michael Rice Republican 715 7.94%
General election Candidates General Election - Nov. 5 NC Board of Elections Municipal Election Results for Mecklenburg CountyCandidatePartyVotesPercent Patrick Cannon Democratic 51,310 53.06% Edwin B. Peacock III Republican 45,036 46.74%
References
External links Mecklenburg County Board of Elections