2017 Raleigh mayoral election

2017 Raleigh mayoral election

October 10 and November 7, 2017

Candidate Nancy McFarlane Charles Francis Party Independent Democratic Popular vote 31,643 23,222 Percentage 57.67% 42.33%

Mayor before election Nancy McFarlane Independent Elected mayor Nancy McFarlane Independent

The biennial nonpartisan election for the Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina, was held on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017. As no candidate won a majority of the vote in the first round, a runoff was held on November 7, 2017, as requested by the second-place finisher, Charles Francis. Incumbent Mayor Nancy McFarlane defeated Francis in the runoff, winning a fourth term in office.

This was the first Raleigh mayoral election to advance to a second round since 2001.

Candidates

Declared

• Paul Fitts
• Charles Francis, attorney and former City Council member
• Nancy McFarlane, Mayor since 2011, former City Council member

First-round Results

Oct. 2017 Raleigh mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non-partisan	Nancy McFarlane	25,626	48.42	-25.94
	Non-partisan	Charles Francis	19,441	36.73
	Non-partisan	Paul Fitts	7,802	14.74
	Other	Write-ins	57	0.11	−0.30
Turnout			52,507

Runoff Results

Nov. 2017 Raleigh mayoral election runoff

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non-partisan	Nancy McFarlane	31,643	57.67	+9.24
	Non-partisan	Charles Francis	23,222	42.33	+5.61
Turnout			54,865