2013 Raleigh mayoral election

Raleigh mayoral election, 2013
	October 8, 2013
Mayor before election; Nancy McFarlane; Independent	Elected mayor ; Nancy McFarlane; Independent

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.

Candidates

Nancy McFarlane, Mayor since 2011, former City Council member
Venita Peyton, real estate broker ^[2]
Robert Weltzin,^[3] chiropractor^[4]

Results

2013 Raleigh mayoral election^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non-partisan ^[6]	Nancy McFarlane	32,549	72.76	+11
	Non-partisan ^[7]	Robert Weltzin	9,765	21.83
	Non-partisan ^[8]	Venita Peyton	2,307	5.16
	Other	Write-ins	112	0.25
Turnout			44,733

Notes

^ "ABC11: Raleigh Mayor Nancy McFarlane to file for re-election". Archived from the original on July 10, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
^ Raleigh Public Record
^ Wake County Board of Elections Candidate list Archived 2014-10-26 at the Wayback Machine
^ News & Observer: Raleigh mayor faces challengers
^ "Oct. 2013 election results". Wake County Board of Elections. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
^ McFarlane is registered Unaffiliated (Independent).
^ Weltzin is registered as a Republican.
^ Peyton is registered as a Republican.

External links

Wake County Board of Elections

[1] "ABC11: Raleigh Mayor Nancy McFarlane to file for re-election". Archived from the original on July 10, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2020.

[2] Raleigh Public Record

[3] Wake County Board of Elections Candidate list Archived 2014-10-26 at the Wayback Machine

[4] News & Observer: Raleigh mayor faces challengers

[5] "Oct. 2013 election results". Wake County Board of Elections. Retrieved October 9, 2013.

[6] McFarlane is registered Unaffiliated (Independent).

[7] Weltzin is registered as a Republican.

[8] Peyton is registered as a Republican.

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