List of Mayors of Fayetteville, North Carolina
Mayors of Fayetteville since 1961

List of Mayors of Fayetteville, North Carolina

Section Title: Mayors of Fayetteville since 1961
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Mayor	Term Begins	Term Ends	Political party	Notes

Robert Butler	1961	1963	Democratic Party

Wilber Clark	1963	1965	Democratic Party

Monroe Evans	1965	1969	Democratic Party	First Jewish mayor of Fayetteville

Charles B.C. Holt	1969	1971	Democratic Party

Jack Lee	1971	1975	Republican Party	First Republican mayor during the 20th Century

Beth Finch	1975	1981	Democratic Party	First woman to serve as Mayor of Fayetteville

Bill Hurley	1981	1987	Democratic Party

J.L. Dawkins	1987	May 30, 2000	Died in office on May 30, 2000 Longest-serving mayor in city history.

Milo McBryde	August 21, 2000	December 3, 2001	Appointed mayor in August 2000 to serve the remainder of Dawkins' unexpired term. Defeated for re-election on November 6, 2001.

Marshall Pitts Jr.	December 3, 2001	December 2005	Democratic Party	First African-American mayor of Fayetteville. Defeated for re-election in November 2005.

Tony Chavonne	December 2005	December 2, 2013	Democratic Party

Nat Robertson	December 2, 2013	December 4, 2017	Republican Party

Mitch Colvin	December 4, 2017	Incumbent	Democratic Party

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