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WUNC reports from Greensboro about Guilford County and surrounding area.

Greensboro Getting a New Mayor

Voters in Greensboro have elected a new mayor.

Robbie Perkins has unseated incumbent Bill Knight. The long-time city councilman received more than 56 percent of the vote on Tuesday. Perkins ends Knight's run as mayor after just one term and represents one of a few changes to the local government. The next city council will have three new faces and a different political lean. Former Mayor Yvonne Johnson won an at-large seat as did Marikay Abuzuaiter. She had come up short in two previous elections. In the District 4 contest Nancy Hoffman registered a close victory against incumbent Mary Rakestraw. Five other incumbents - T. Dianne Bellamy-Small, Jim Kee, Zach Methaney, Trudy Wade and Nancy Vaughn - defended their seats. The three new council members with give the group a democratic majority.

Jeff Tiberii is the co-host of WUNC's "Due South." Jeff joined WUNC in 2011. During his 20 years in public radio, he was Morning Edition Host at WFDD and WUNC’s Greensboro Bureau Chief and later, the Capitol Bureau Chief. Jeff has covered state and federal politics, produced the radio documentary “Right Turn,” launched a podcast, and was named North Carolina Radio Reporter of the Year four times.
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