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title: "Dorothy Dowe Launches Bid for Mayor in Greenville"
url: https://www.hereclemson.com/2026/11/10/dorothy-dowe-enters-greenville-mayor-race/
date: 2026-11-10T10:15:48-05:00
modified: 2026-11-10T10:15:48-05:00
author: "HERE Greenville"
categories: ["Politics"]
site: "HERE Clemson"
attribution: "HERE Clemson"
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# Dorothy Dowe Launches Bid for Mayor in Greenville

> GREENVILLE, S.C. — Dorothy Dowe, who holds one of the two at-large seats on Greenville City Council, opened a campaign for mayor on Monday, Nov. 9, with an event at the Rupert Huse Veteran Center. The race will pick the first new mayor the city has had since 1995. Mayor Knox White has said he

*Source: [HERE Clemson](https://www.hereclemson.com/2026/11/10/dorothy-dowe-enters-greenville-mayor-race/) — November 10, 2026 by HERE Greenville*

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Dorothy Dowe, who holds one of the two at-large seats on Greenville City Council, opened a campaign for mayor on Monday, Nov. 9, with an event at the Rupert Huse Veteran Center.

The race will pick the first new mayor the city has had since 1995. Mayor Knox White has said he will not run again when his current term ends next year, and the municipal election is set for Nov. 2, 2027.

Dowe is the second council member to get in. Wil Brasington launched his own campaign on Sept. 22.

She won her council seat in November 2019 and is now in her second term. Council members chose her as mayor pro tem in 2025, which makes her the acting mayor whenever White is away. Before public office she worked as a project engineer from 1985 to 1997 and later ran two tutoring businesses. She has lived in Greenville for 37 years.

Dowe pointed to the GVL2040 plan as the guide for her campaign and named three priorities: more affordable and workforce housing, better transit and roads, and protecting green space. She said she wants to see growth in the Haynie-Sirrine and Greenline-Spartanburg neighborhoods and the area around Unity Park.

She also noted the city has committed to 521 infrastructure projects and argued her engineering background and eight years on council prepare her to keep that work on schedule.