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City elections in Raleigh, North Carolina (2024)

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2024 Raleigh elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: July 19, 2024
General election: November 5, 2024
Election stats
Offices up: Mayor and city council
Total seats up: 8 (click here for mayoral elections)
Election type: Nonpartisan
Other municipal elections
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The city of Raleigh, North Carolina, held general elections for mayor and city council on November 5, 2024. The filing deadline for this election was July 19, 2024.

Click here to learn more about the city's mayoral election.

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Candidates and results

Raleigh City Council general election, 2024

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
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Office Candidates
at-large (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngStormie Forte (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngJonathan Melton (i) Candidate Connection
James Bledsoe  Candidate Connection
Joshua Bradley  Candidate Connection
Katherine Pate 
Reeves Peeler  Candidate Connection
Robert Steele Jr. 
District A

Mary Black (i) Candidate Connection
Whitney Hill 
Green check mark transparent.pngMitchell Silver  Candidate Connection
District B

Green check mark transparent.pngMegan Patton (i)
Jennifer McCollum  Candidate Connection
District C

Green check mark transparent.pngCorey Branch (i)
DaQuanta Copeland 
Tomara DeCosta 
Daniel Grant-King 
Jared Ollison  Candidate Connection
Tolulope Omokaiye 
Portia Wilson Rochelle  Candidate Connection
District D

Green check mark transparent.pngJane Harrison (i)
District E

Green check mark transparent.pngChristina Jones (i)
John Cerqueira III  Candidate Connection

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About the city

See also: Raleigh, North Carolina

Raleigh is a city in Wake County, North Carolina. As of 2020, its population was 467,665.

City government

See also: Council-manager government

The city of Raleigh 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.[1]

Demographics

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

Demographic Data for Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh North Carolina
Population 467,665 10,439,388
Land area (sq mi) 147 48,623
Race and ethnicity**
White 57.5% 67.6%
Black/African American 28.9% 21.4%
Asian 4.8% 3%
Native American 0.3% 1.2%
Pacific Islander 0% 0.1%
Other (single race) N/A 3.2%
Multiple 4.2% 3.6%
Hispanic/Latino 10.9% 9.5%
Education
High school graduation rate 92.2% 88.5%
College graduation rate 51.4% 32%
Income
Median household income $69,720 $56,642
Persons below poverty level 11.8% 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

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

  1. ↑ City of Raleigh, "City Council," accessed October 22, 2014
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