Allen Joines

Allen Joines (Democratic Party) is the Mayor of Winston-Salem in North Carolina. He assumed office on December 3, 2001. His current term ends in 2028.

Joines (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for Mayor of Winston-Salem in North Carolina. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

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Joines earned a B.S. from Appalachian State University and an M.P.A. from the University of Georgia. His professional experience includes working as the president of The Winston-Salem Alliance and for the city of Winston-Salem as an assistant to the city manager, the director of evaluation, public safety coordinator, the director of development, and deputy city manager.^[1]

Elections

2024

General election

General election for Mayor of Winston-Salem

Incumbent Allen Joines defeated JoAnne Allen in the general election for Mayor of Winston-Salem on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Allen Joines (D)	95.6	89,251
	Submit photo	JoAnne Allen (Independent) (Write-in)	0.8	717
		Other/Write-in votes	3.6	3,342

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 93,310
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mayor of Winston-Salem

Incumbent Allen Joines defeated JoAnne Allen and Frankie Gist in the Democratic primary for Mayor of Winston-Salem on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Allen Joines	72.9	15,960
	Submit photo	JoAnne Allen	20.2	4,432
	Submit photo	Frankie Gist	6.8	1,499

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,891
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Joines in this election.

2020

General election

General election for Mayor of Winston-Salem

Incumbent Allen Joines defeated Kris McCann, Paula J. McCoy, and Michael Banner in the general election for Mayor of Winston-Salem on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Allen Joines (D)	71.7	85,705
	Submit photo	Kris McCann (R)	27.9	33,317
	Submit photo	Paula J. McCoy (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	30
	Submit photo	Michael Banner (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	1
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	457

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 119,510
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mayor of Winston-Salem

Incumbent Allen Joines defeated JoAnne Allen in the Democratic primary for Mayor of Winston-Salem on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Allen Joines	69.2	26,955
	Submit photo	JoAnne Allen	30.8	11,974

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 38,929
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Kris McCann advanced from the Republican primary for Mayor of Winston-Salem.

2016

See also: Municipal elections in Winston-Salem, North Carolina (2016)

A general election for the mayor's office and all eight city council seats in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, took place on November 8, 2016. A primary election took place on March 15, 2016, in the city council's Northeast, Northwest and South wards. A special primary election was held in the South Ward on June 7, 2016, after a recount revealed ballot errors discussed here. The 2016 election was the first even-year election for the city's mayor and city council following a 2011 state law moving municipal elections from odd years.^[2]^[3]^[4] Incumbent Allen Joines ran unopposed in the Mayor of Winston-Salem general election.^[5]

Mayor of Winston-Salem, General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Allen Joines Incumbent (unopposed)	100.00%	88,756
Total Votes				88,756
Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "2016 General Election Unofficial Results," November 8, 2016

2013

Mayor of Winston-Salem, 2013
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Allen Joines Incumbent	84.3%	12,948
	Republican	James Lee Knox	15.1%	2,315
	Other	Write-in	0.6%	91
Total Votes				15,354
Source: Forsyth County Board of Elections - 2013 General Election Results

Mayor of Winston-Salem Democratic Primary, 2013
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Allen Joines Incumbent	88.4%	8,825
Gardenia M. Henley	11.6%	1,156
Total Votes		9,981
Source: Forsyth County Board of Elections - 2013 Primary Election Results

2009

Mayor of Winston-Salem, 2013
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Allen Joines Incumbent	90.6%	9,585
	Other	Write-in	9.4%	989
Total Votes				10,574
Source: Forsyth County Board of Elections - 2009 General Election Results

Note: In 2009, Joines was unchallenged in the Democratic primary.

2005

Mayor of Winston-Salem, 2005
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Allen Joines Incumbent	97.7%	10,014
	Other	Write-in	2.3%	238
Total Votes				10,252
Source: Forsyth County Board of Elections - 2005 General Election Results

Note: In 2005, Joines was unchallenged in the Democratic primary.

2001

Mayor of Winston-Salem, 2001
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Allen Joines	78.3%	23,793
	Republican	Jack Cavanagh	21.5%	6,546
	Other	Write-in	0.2%	48
Total Votes				30,387
Source: Forsyth County Board of Elections - 2001 General Election Results

Mayor of Winston-Salem, 2001
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Allen Joines	85.6%	5,723
Ann Wagoner	14.4%	965
Total Votes		6,688

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Allen Joines did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Noteworthy events

Events and activity following the death of George Floyd

See also: Events following the death of George Floyd and responses in select cities from May 29-31, 2020

Joines was mayor of Winston-Salem during the weekend of May 29-31, 2020, when events and activity took place in cities across the U.S. following the death of George Floyd. Events in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, began on Saturday, May 30, 2020.^[6] No curfews were issued. The national guard was not deployed.

To read more about the death of George Floyd and subsequent events, click [show] to the right.

On May 25, 2020, Minneapolis police officers arrested Floyd, a Black man, after receiving a call that he had made a purchase with a counterfeit $20 bill.^[7] Floyd died after Derek Chauvin, a white officer, arrived at the scene and pressed his knee onto Floyd's neck as Floyd laid face-down on the street in handcuffs.^[8] Both the Hennepin County Medical Examiner and an independent autopsy conducted by Floyd's family ruled Floyd's death as a homicide stemming from the incident.^[9] The medical examiner's report, prepared by Dr. Michael Baden and Dr. Allecia Wilson, said that it was "not a legal determination of culpability or intent, and should not be used to usurp the judicial process."^[9] On April 20, 2021, Chauvin was found guilty of murder and manslaughter in relation to Floyd's death.^[10]

Floyd's death was filmed and shared widely, leading to activity regarding racism, civil rights, and police use of force. The first events took place in Minneapolis-St. Paul on May 26.^[11] An event in Chicago organized by Chance the Rapper and Rev. Michael Pfleger took place the same day, making it the first major city outside of Minneapolis to host an event in response to Floyd's death.^[12]

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Footnotes

↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named bio
↑ Winston-Salem Chronicle, "W-S City Council races and primaries coming earlier in 2016," October 11, 2015
↑ General Assembly of North Carolina, "House Bill 523," June 15, 2011
↑ Forsyth County Board of Elections, "Election Schedule," accessed February 11, 2016
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↑ The Winston-Salem Journal, "Series of peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters take to Winston-Salem from morning to night," May 30, 2020
↑ Washington Post, "The death of George Floyd: What video and other records show about his final minutes," May 30, 2020
↑ The New York Times, "8 Minutes and 46 Seconds: How George Floyd Was Killed in Police Custody," May 31, 2020
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 USA Today, "Medical examiner and family-commissioned autopsy agree: George Floyd's death was a homicide," June 1, 2020
↑ Associated Press, "Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death," April 20, 2021
↑ CNN, "Protests across America after George Floyd's death," accessed June 2, 2020
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[2] Winston-Salem Chronicle, "W-S City Council races and primaries coming earlier in 2016," October 11, 2015

[3] General Assembly of North Carolina, "House Bill 523," June 15, 2011

[4] Forsyth County Board of Elections, "Election Schedule," accessed February 11, 2016

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[6] The Winston-Salem Journal, "Series of peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters take to Winston-Salem from morning to night," May 30, 2020

[floyd-7] Washington Post, "The death of George Floyd: What video and other records show about his final minutes," May 30, 2020

[floydnyt-8] The New York Times, "8 Minutes and 46 Seconds: How George Floyd Was Killed in Police Custody," May 31, 2020

[floyddeath-9] 9.0 ^9.1 USA Today, "Medical examiner and family-commissioned autopsy agree: George Floyd's death was a homicide," June 1, 2020

[10] Associated Press, "Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death," April 20, 2021

[11] CNN, "Protests across America after George Floyd's death," accessed June 2, 2020

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Allen Joines

Biography

Elections

2024

General election

General election for Mayor of Winston-Salem

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mayor of Winston-Salem

Endorsements

2020

General election

General election for Mayor of Winston-Salem

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mayor of Winston-Salem

Republican primary election

2016

2013

2009

2005

2001

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

2020

Noteworthy events

Events and activity following the death of George Floyd

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