Raleigh, North Carolina Mayoral Election

• Find out more about the races below.
• Three candidates ran for Raleigh’s mayoral election.
• North Carolina polls close at 7:30 PM Eastern Standard Time.

Terrance Ruth was defeated by Mary-Ann Baldwin, Raleigh’s incumbent mayor. DaQuanta Colpeland, a public-health advocate, was also on ballot. 

The state’s polls close at 7:30 PM Eastern Standard Time.

Raleigh mayoral elections do not have a political component. Baldwin is a self-identified Democrat while Ruth is a Self-Identified Liberal. 

Baldwin was mayor of Raleigh in 2019 before serving five terms on the Raleigh City Council. Affordable housing, infrastructure, and public safetyWhen she ran, these were the most important things in her thoughts. Ruth, an assistant professor in NC State University of Social Work’s Africana studies program and NC State University of Social Work’s NC State University of Social Work was also running with a goal. Expand affordable housing optionsThe city.