The 2013 Winston-Salem mayoral election was held on November 5, 2013 to elect the mayor of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It saw the reelection of Allen Joines.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Allen Joines (incumbent) | 8,825 | 88.42 | |
Democratic | Gardenia M. Henley | 1,156 | 11.58 |
While he kept his name on the ballot, Knox stopped actively campaigning in August when it became public knowledge that he had used a racial epithet to describe a county elections worker in 2012.[2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Allen Joines (incumbent) | 12,948 | 84.33 | |
Republican | James Lee Knox | 2,315 | 15.08 | |
Write-In | Mike Monu (write-in) | 6 | 0.04 | |
Write-In | Other write-ins | 85 | 0.55 | |
Total votes | 15,354 |