2021 Durham mayoral election
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The 2021 Durham, North Carolina mayoral election was held on November 2, 2021, to elect the next mayor of Durham, North Carolina.
Mayor Steve Schewel was elected with 59.5% of the vote in 2017, and was reelected with 83.4% in 2019. On May 27, 2021, he announced that he would not seek a third term. Seven candidates filed to run in this election to succeed Schewel as mayor.
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.
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. O'Neal garnered 84.6% of the vote in the general election, thus becoming mayor.