2011 Baltimore mayoral election
The 2011 Baltimore mayoral election was held on November 8, 2011. Because Baltimore's electorate is overwhelmingly Democratic, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's victory in the Democratic primary on September 13, 2011 all but assured her of victory in the general election. As of 2022[update], this was the last time the Republican candidate finished second in the general election.[original research?] Background and candidatesSheila Dixon, the winner of the previous mayoral election, was forced from office following a 2010 conviction.[1] Therefore, city council president Stephanie Rawlings-Blake became mayor for the final year of what had been Dixon's term, and subsequently ran for election to a full term. Other candidates for the Democratic nomination included state senator Catherine Pugh; Otis Rolley, a former administrator in city government, Frank M. Conaway Sr., the only person, other than Rawlings-Blake, in the race to have won a citywide election, and former councilman Jody Landers Democratic primaryThese are the results for the 2011 Democratic primary, as reported on the City of Baltimore's official website.[2]
General election campaignGeneral election resultsThe General Election was held on November 8, 2011. The results were as follows:
Other city electionsAll other Baltimore city officers were also up for election simultaneously with the mayor, including the fourteen members of the Baltimore City Council (elected from single-member districts) and the City Council President and City Comptroller (both elected citywide). Incumbent comptroller Joan Pratt ran unopposed in both the Democratic primary and the general election. References
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