Nancy McFarlane

Nancy McFarlane is the mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. She was elected to lead the city in the 2011 election, and succeeded Charles Meeker, who had declined to run for reelection to another term. McFarlane is a political independent but ran with the endorsement of the local Democratic Party. She was reelected by a large margin in 2013, and again in 2015.

Nancy Pletcher McFarlane was born in Washington, D.C., on July 20, 1956 to Jean Pletcher and the late Ralph Pletcher. Joined by her brothers, the family lived in Arlington, Virginia, where McFarlane formed an early impression that the congestion there was a detriment to living quality. I know what large, poorly planned growth can do to an area, she said during her 2011 run for mayor.

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