Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1951 i whai angitu a Enloe i tētahi tūru ki te Kaunihera o Raleigh, i te tūnga tekau i te pōtitanga tuatahi. E rua tau i muri mai ka pōtitia ia ki te rōpū. I te puna o te tau 1956 i tohua ia hei tumuaki mo te "Let's Talk Sense Fund" ki te kohi moni mo te kaupapa perehitini a Adlai Stevenson II. I te marama o Akuhata i haere ia ki te hui ā-motu o te Pāti Manapori
i Chicago i roto i tona kaha hei kaitono. I pootihia ia hei Mayor o Raleigh i te tau e whai ake nei, i whai i a Fred B. Wheeler i te Hurae 1, 1957. I taua tau ano ka pootihia ia ki te Komiti Whakahaere o te American Municipal Association, engari i muri mai ka wehe ia i muri i tana kowhiri kia kaua e tono ano. Ko te kaunihera o te taone nui a Jesse Helms kaore i pai ki te momo kaiarahi a Enloe, e kii ana ki a ia ko te "Enloe Steamroller".