Marshall Pitts Jr.

Add links
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Marshall Pitts Jr.
Mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina
In office
December 3, 2001[1] – December 2005
Preceded byMilo McBryde
Succeeded byTony Chavonne
Personal details
ProfessionDemocratic

Marshall B. Pitts Jr. is an American

African-American mayor.[1][2][3]

Biography

Pitts attended Westover High School in Fayetteville, where he was a member of school's track team.[3] He graduated from the North Carolina Central University School of Law in 1990.[1]

Political career

Pitts first ran for a seat on the Fayetteville City Council in 1997, but lost the election by only 66 votes.[3] However, he staged a comeback and won election to a city council at-large seat in 1999, becoming the first African-American elected to city council in twenty years.[3]

campaign slogan was "Change Is Coming."[2]

Pitts defeated McBryde in the mayoral election held on November 6, 2001.

runoff election held on November 4, 2003.[2] Pitts easily defeated his opponent, real estate agent Robert Anderson, in the 2003 runoff.[2] Pitts' 2003 slogan was "Change Is Now."[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.[2]

Pitts was defeated for re-election on November 8, 2005, by Tony Chavonne.[5][6][7] Chavonne received around 55% of the vote in 2005.[5] The annexations of new areas into Fayetteville seemed to play a pivotal role in the election.[5] Chavonne overwhelmingly defeated Pitts in the newly annexed areas of the city.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Williams, Mike (2001-12-06). "Two alumni win mayoral elections". Campus Echo. Archived from the original on 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Fayetteville Re-Elects Mayor To Second Term". WRAL-TV. 2003-11-05. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Mayor-elect Wants To Develop North Carolina City's Assets". Reading Eagle. Associated Press. 2001-11-23. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
  4. ^ Holmes, William L. (2001-11-07). "Charlotte Mayor Wings 4th Term". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Associated Press. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
  5. ^ a b c d "Durham's Bell Elected To Third Term As Mayor; Pitts Loses In Fayetteville". WRAL-TV. 2005-11-08. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
  6. Fayetteville Observer. 2005-11-08. Retrieved 2014-06-13.[permanent dead link
    ]
  7. Fayetteville Observer
    . Retrieved 2014-06-13.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marshall_Pitts_Jr.&oldid=1084714361"