2001 Dayton mayoral election

2001 Dayton mayoral election
November 6, 2001
 
Candidate Rhine McLin Mike Turner
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 18,850 17,676
Percentage 51.61% 48.39%
Mayor before election

Mike Turner
Nonpartisan

Elected mayor

Rhine McLin
Nonpartisan

The 2001 Dayton mayoral election took place on November 6, 2001. Incumbent Mayor Mike Turner ran for re-election to a third term. He was challenged by State Senator Rhine McLin. Because Turner and McLin were the only two candidates to file for the election, no May primary was held and they both proceeded to the November general election.

Though the race was formally nonpartisan, McLin, a Democrat, was endorsed by the Montgomery County Democratic Party, and Terry McAuliffe, the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, campaigned for her.

McLin ultimately defeated Turner by a narrow margin, winning 52 percent of the vote to his 48 percent, becoming the city's first female mayor.

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