[1] Pitts first ran for a seat on the Fayetteville City Council in 1997, but lost the election by only 66 votes.
"[2] Pitts defeated McBryde in the mayoral election held on November 6, 2001.
[2] Pitts easily defeated his opponent, real estate agent Robert Anderson, in the 2003 runoff.
"[2] Under Pitts' second term, areas of adjacent Cumberland County, North Carolina, were annexed into Fayetteville, adding approximately 43,000 new residents to the city's population.
[5] Chavonne overwhelmingly defeated Pitts in the newly annexed areas of the city.