1. Janet Cowell was born on July 19,1968 and is an American politician.
16 Facts About Janet Cowell
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Janet Cowell was elected the 63rd mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina on Nov 5,2024.
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Janet Cowell served as the North Carolina State Treasurer from 2009 to 2017, making her the first woman to hold that position in North Carolina.
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Janet Cowell was previously a two-term member of the Raleigh City Council and a two-term Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate, representing Wake County.
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Janet Cowell graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, Penn's Wharton School of Business, and the Lauder Institute.
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In 2021, Janet Cowell was selected to be president and CEO of the Dix Park Conservancy.
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Janet Cowell helped raise $40 million in private funding to improve the park before resigning in October 2024 to run for mayor.
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In 2001 Janet Cowell decided to run for Raleigh City Council.
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Janet Cowell was elected to one of the At-large seats along with Neal Hunt.
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Janet Cowell was re-elected with Hunt to the At-large seats in 2003.
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In 2004, Janet Cowell ran for the District 16 State Senate seat held by the retiring Eric Miller Reeves.
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Janet Cowell went on to face Republican nominee Mark Bradrick, an insurance appraiser and Desert Storm veteran, and Libertarian Jason Mara in the general election.
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Janet Cowell was completely unopposed in her 2006 re-election campaign.
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Janet Cowell announced that she would seek the Democratic nomination for North Carolina State Treasurer in July 2007.
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On October 13,2015, Janet Cowell announced that she would not seek reelection or election to any other office in 2016.
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Janet Cowell was elected on November 5,2024, by a comfortable margin.