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Mayoral election in Greensboro, North Carolina (2022)

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Election dates
Filing deadline: March 4, 2022
Primary election: May 17, 2022
General election: July 26, 2022
Election stats
Offices up: Mayor
Total seats up: 1 (click here for other city elections)
Election type: Nonpartisan
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The city of Greensboro, North Carolina, held a general election for mayor on July 26, 2022. A primary was scheduled for May 17, 2022. The filing deadline for this election was March 4, 2022.

The mayoral race was originally scheduled to be on the ballot in 2021. It was moved to 2022 due to redistricting delays.[1][2]

On Dec. 8, 2021, the Supreme Court of North Carolina ordered that the state's 2022 primary election be postponed from March 8 to May 17. The postponement applied to all primaries originally scheduled for March 8, 2022. The court suspended candidate filing, which had been scheduled to close on Dec. 17. The court issued the order in response to two separate lawsuits challenging North Carolina's newly enacted congressional and state legislative district plans. The court cited "great public interest in the subject matter of these cases, the importance of the issues to the constitutional jurisprudence of this State, and the need for urgency in reaching a final resolution on the merits" as its rationale for ordering the postponement.[3]

Elections

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Candidates and results

General election

General election for Mayor of Greensboro

Incumbent Nancy Vaughan defeated Justin Outling and Chris Meadows in the general election for Mayor of Greensboro on July 26, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Nancy Vaughan
Nancy Vaughan (Nonpartisan)
 
43.1
 
13,977
Image of Justin Outling
Justin Outling (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
41.7
 
13,542
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Chris Meadows (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)
 
14.3
 
4,650
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.9
 
280

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 32,449
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of Greensboro

Incumbent Nancy Vaughan and Justin Outling defeated Mark Cummings and Eric Robert in the primary for Mayor of Greensboro on May 17, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Nancy Vaughan
Nancy Vaughan (Nonpartisan)
 
45.0
 
18,088
✔
Image of Justin Outling
Justin Outling (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
35.2
 
14,172
Image of Mark Cummings
Mark Cummings (Nonpartisan)
 
10.2
 
4,117
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Eric Robert (Nonpartisan)
 
9.5
 
3,833

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 40,210
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Mayoral partisanship

See also: Partisanship in United States municipal elections (2022)

Twenty-four of the 100 largest U.S. cities held mayoral elections in 2022. Once mayors elected in 2022 assumed office, Democrats held 63 top-100 mayoral offices, Republicans held 28, independents held three, and nonpartisan mayors held four. Two mayors' partisan affiliations were unknown.

The following top 100 cities saw a change in mayoral partisan affiliation in 2022:

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About the city

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Greensboro is a city in Guilford County, North Carolina. As of 2020, its population was 299,035.

City government

See also: Council-manager government

The city of Greensboro uses a council-manager system. In this form of municipal government, an elected city council—which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body—appoints a chief executive called a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and implement the council's policy and legislative initiatives.[5]

Demographics

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for Greensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro North Carolina
Population 299,035 10,439,388
Land area (sq mi) 130 48,623
Race and ethnicity**
White 45.5% 67.6%
Black/African American 42.4% 21.4%
Asian 5.4% 3%
Native American 0.6% 1.2%
Pacific Islander 0.1% 0.1%
Other (single race) N/A 3.2%
Multiple 3.4% 3.6%
Hispanic/Latino 8% 9.5%
Education
High school graduation rate 89.9% 88.5%
College graduation rate 39.4% 32%
Income
Median household income $49,492 $56,642
Persons below poverty level 18.4% 14%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


See also

Greensboro, North Carolina North Carolina Municipal government Other local coverage
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Footnotes

  1. ↑ North Carolina Legislature, "Senate Bill 722," accessed July 7, 2021
  2. ↑ Guilford County, "Upcoming Filing Periods," accessed July 16, 2021
  3. ↑ Reuters, "North Carolina Supreme Court delays primary elections until May 2022," December 9, 2021
  4. ↑ Lee was elected as a Democrat and switched parties in 2021.
  5. ↑ City of Greensboro, "City Manager," accessed October 27, 2014
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