2013 Charlotte mayoral election
The biennialCharlotte mayoral election[ 1] Unaffiliated voters were allowed to vote in either theDemocratic orRepublican primary.
On July 2, 2013,Anthony Foxx , a Democrat, announced that he would resign as mayor to becomeUnited States Secretary of Transportation . District 1city 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 nomineePatrick 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 theFBI on charges of accepting bribes (to which he later pleaded guilty) and resigned later that day, prompting the City Council to electDan Clodfelter to serve for the remainder of Cannon's term as the 57th Mayor of Charlotte.
Mayor Pro Tempore/City Council memberPatrick Cannon [ 2] Gary Mitchell Dunn[ 3] City Council member James Mitchell, Jr.[ 4] Lucille Puckett[ 5] Former City Councilman Edwin Peacock III[ 9] David Michael Rice[ 10] 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%
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%
^ Election schedule ^ Charlotte Observer: Patrick Cannon announces run for Charlotte mayor ^ NCPoliticalNews.com Archived March 4, 2016, at theWayback 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 theWayback Machine ^ "Charlotte Observer: Senate votes 100-0 to confirm Anthony Foxx as transportation secretary today" . Archived fromthe original on November 2, 2013. RetrievedJune 27, 2013 .^ "Charlotte Observer: Charlotte gets 2nd female mayor as Foxx resigns" . Archived fromthe original on November 2, 2013. RetrievedJuly 2, 2013 .^ Charlotte Observer ^ Charlotte Observer: Mitchell, Cannon to headline mayor's race Archived August 29, 2013, at theWayback 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
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