2001 Durham mayoral election

Durham mayoral election, 2001

← 1999

November 5, 2001

2003 →


Candidate	Bill Bell	Nick Tennyson
Party	Nonpartisan	Nonpartisan
Popular vote	16,525	16,040
Percentage	50.56%	49.07%

Mayor before election

Nick Tennyson
Republican

Elected mayor

Bill Bell
Democratic

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The 2001 Durham mayoral election was held on November 5, 2001, to elect the mayor of Durham, North Carolina. It saw the election of Bill Bell, who unseated incumbent mayor Nick Tennyson.

Results

Primary

The date of the primary was October 9, 2001.

Primary results
Candidate	Votes	%
Nick Tennyson (incumbent)	7,927	51.97
Bill Bell	7,793	44.54
Brenda B. Burnette	289	1.89
Ralph M. McKinney Jr.	153	1.00
Stephen Hopkins	91	0.60

General election

General election results
Candidate	Votes	%
Bill Bell	16,525	50.56
Nick Tennyson (incumbent)	16,040	49.07
Write ins	121	0.37
Total votes	32,686

References

^ "CITY OF DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA NONPARTISAN MUNICIPAL PRIMARY OCTOBER 9, 2001" (PDF). Durham County. October 11, 2001. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
"DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA NONPARTISAN MUNICIPAL ELECTION AND COUNTY BOND REFERENDUM" (PDF). Durham County. November 9, 2001. Retrieved October 5, 2019.

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