2001 Durham mayoral election

Durham mayoral election, 2001
November 5, 2001
Mayor before election; Nick Tennyson; Republican	Elected mayor ; Bill Bell; Democratic

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.^[1]

Primary results^[1]
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^[2]
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

^ a b "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.

[primary-1] "CITY OF DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA NONPARTISAN MUNICIPAL PRIMARY OCTOBER 9, 2001" (PDF). Durham County. October 11, 2001. Retrieved October 5, 2019.

[results-2] "DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA NONPARTISAN MUNICIPAL ELECTION AND COUNTY BOND REFERENDUM" (PDF). Durham County. November 9, 2001. Retrieved October 5, 2019.