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Independent · Mayor of Raleigh · North Carolina · Spectrum score +7
Mayor · Nonpartisan / not on file · 2026 ballot ·
Janet Cowell is Mayor of Raleigh in North Carolina. Political positions and ideology score +7 (Center). Janet Cowell is an American politician.
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Where Janet stands on the spectrum
Janet Cowell scores +7 on Spectrum’s left–right line (center), mixed on economic issues and mixed on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.
Composite +7 · Center · economic +4 · social +8 · authoritarian +6
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Background & record
Janet Cowell is an American politician. She was elected the 63rd mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina on Nov. 5, 2024. She served as the North Carolina State Treasurer from 2009 to 2017, making her the first woman to hold that position in North Carolina. She 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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Issue detail
−100 left pole · +100 right pole
- Economic
- +4
- Social
- +8
- Authoritarian
- +6
- Confidence
- 68
- Taxes & spending+6
Lower taxes, smaller fiscal footprint
- Health care-6
Public or single-payer coverage as a right
- Climate & energy+4
Energy abundance, fewer climate mandates
- Business regulation+10
Deregulation and lighter administrative state
- Labor & wages+8
Flexible labor markets, right-to-work
- Immigration+14
Tighter borders, more deportations
- Abortion-8
Legal access, opposed to bans
- Guns+10
Broad Second Amendment, fewer federal limits
- Crime & policing+20
More policing, longer sentences, less bail reform
- Schools & speech+8
Choice, against gender/DEI curricula
- Defense & alliances+18
Hard power, high defense spending, deterrence
- Civil liberties+6
Order, platform / campus / speech restrictions for security or morality
No roll-call first dimension on file — issues only.
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- Ballotpedia, mayors of the 100 largest cities, August 2026
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Updated August 2026.