2021 Durham mayoral election
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The 2021 Durham mayoral election was held on Tuesday November 2, to elect the next mayor of Durham,
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Incumbent Mayor Steve Schewel was elected with 59.5 percent of the vote in 2017[1] and reelected with 83.4 percent in 2019.[2] On May 27, 2021, Schewel announced that he would not seek a third term.[3] Seven candidates filed to run in this election to succeed Schewel as mayor.[4]
Schewel endorsed city council member Javiera Caballero to be his successor. Durham's longest-serving mayor, Bill Bell, endorsed former superior court judge Elaine O'Neal. Caballero and O'Neal were considered the two frontrunners in the election.[5]
A nonpartisan blanket primary was held on October 5, 2021. The top two candidates from the primary, Elaine O'Neal and Javiera Caballero, advanced to the general election ballot.[6] O'Neal garnered 84.6% of the vote in the general election, thus becoming mayor.