Mary-Ann Baldwin Democratic Mary-Ann Baldwin Democratic The 2022 mayoral election in the city of Raleigh, North Carolina, was originally scheduled to be held on Tuesday, October 5, 2021, but was postponed until November 8, 2022, by the passage of a state law in June 2021 that permanently moved Raleigh municipal elections to even years.

[1][2][3] The law also changed the requirement that winners attain a majority of the vote in a runoff if necessary, instead allowing election by a simple plurality.

Baldwin has faced criticism over being developer-friendly and for her perceived mishandling of Black Lives Matter protests in the summer of 2020, as well as the council's decision to ask the state legislature to move the election from odd-numbered to even-numbered years without public comment.

[8][9] Challenger Terrance Ruth announced his candidacy in January 2021, running on a platform of restoring public transparency, promoting engagement, and increasing affordability and equitability.

He has served as a Wake County principal, a non-profit director, and is currently a professor of public policy at North Carolina State University.