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Elaine O'Neal
Elaine O'Neal was the Mayor of Durham in North Carolina. She assumed office on December 6, 2021. She left office on December 4, 2023.
O'Neal ran for election for Mayor of Durham in North Carolina. She won in the general election on November 2, 2021.
While O'Neal won office in a nonpartisan election, she is a Democrat.[1]
Biography
Elaine O'Neal was born and lives in Durham, North Carolina. O'Neal graduated from Hillside High School in 1980. She earned a B.S. in math and a J.D. from North Carolina Central University. O'Neal's career experience includes working as a chief district court judge, a superior court judge in Durham County, and the interim dean of the North Carolina Central University School of Law.[2]
Elections
2023
Elaine O'Neal did not file to run for re-election.
2021
See also: Mayoral election in Durham, North Carolina (2021)
General election
General election for Mayor of Durham
Elaine O'Neal defeated Javiera Caballero in the general election for Mayor of Durham on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Elaine O'Neal (Nonpartisan) | 84.7 | 25,933 |
 | Javiera Caballero (Nonpartisan) | 14.6 | 4,460 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 242 | ||
| Total votes: 30,635 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of Durham
The following candidates ran in the primary for Mayor of Durham on October 5, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Elaine O'Neal (Nonpartisan) | 67.8 | 13,779 |
| ✔ | | Javiera Caballero (Nonpartisan) | 24.7 | 5,023 |
| Jahnmaud Lane (Nonpartisan) | 2.9 | 598 | ||
| Rebecca Harvard Barnes (Nonpartisan) | 1.7 | 352 | ||
| Sabrina Davis (Nonpartisan) | 1.1 | 231 | ||
| Daryl Quick (Nonpartisan) | 1.1 | 216 | ||
| Charlitta Burruss (Nonpartisan) | 0.6 | 113 | ||
| Total votes: 20,312 | |||
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Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Elaine O'Neal did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2021 Elections
External links
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Steve Schewel |
Mayor of Durham 2021-2023 |
Succeeded by - |
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