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Nancy McFarlane

American politician in North Carolina (born 1955)

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Also known as Nancy Pletcher McFarlane

Born: July 20, 1955
Birthplace: Washington, D.C.
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: politician
, pharmacist
Positions held: Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina(2011–2019)
Education: Virginia Commonwealth University
Languages spoken, written or signed: English

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Nancy Pletcher McFarlane is an American pharmacist and politician. She served as the 61st mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina, the state capital. She was elected to lead the city in the 2011 election, and succeeded Charles Meeker, who had declined to run for re-election to another term. McFarlane is a political independent but ran with the endorsement of the local Democratic Party. She was re-elected for three further terms, in 2013, 2015, and 2017, but declined to run for re-election in 2019.

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Member of political party: independent politician
Sex or gender: female
Given name: Nancy
Work location: Raleigh
Richmond
Residence: Raleigh(since 1984)
Website: nancymcfarlane.com
Family name: McFarlane
Social media followers: 10,100(February 9, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 288915923
10,520(January 8, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 288915923
10,814(January 2, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 288915923
11,136(April 26, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 288915923

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