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.
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The date of the primary was October 9, 2001.[1]
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Bill Bell | 16,525 | 50.56 | |
Nick Tennyson (incumbent) | 16,040 | 49.07 | |
Write ins | 121 | 0.37 | |
Total votes | 32,686 |