The Raleigh mayoral election of 2011 was held on October 11, 2011, to elect a
Mayor of
Raleigh, North Carolina for a two-year term. Incumbent Mayor
Charles Meeker announced in April 2011 that he would not run for a sixth term.[1]
The election was officially a
non-partisan contest, but outgoing Mayor Meeker was well known as a
Democrat. Meeker endorsed candidate
Nancy McFarlane, who is politically unaffiliated, to succeed him.[2] She won the election with 61 percent of the vote, making a
runoff unnecessary.[3]