Lawrence Douglas Wilder is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 66th governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994. He was the first African American to serve as governor of a U.S. state since the Reconstruction era,and the first African American ever elected as governor. He is currently a professor at the namesake Wilder School at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Gregory James Nickels is an American politician who served as the 51st mayor of Seattle,Washington. He took office on January 1,2002,and was reelected to a second term in 2005. In August 2009,Nickels finished third in the primary election for Seattle mayor,failing to qualify for the November 2009 general election,and losing his bid for a third term as mayor. He left office on January 1,2010.
Charles Carpenter Meeker is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 34th Mayor of Raleigh,North Carolina. He was first elected in 2001 over Republican Paul Coble,and reelected for a fifth two-year term in 2009. A fifth term tied Meeker with Avery C. Upchurch as Raleigh's longest-serving mayor.
Gerald David "Jerry" Jennings is an American former politician from the state of New York who was the 74th mayor of Albany. A Democrat,Jennings won five terms as mayor of Albany and served in that capacity for 20 years. At the time of his retirement in 2013,Jennings was the second longest tenured mayor in the city's history.
Marty Blum is the former mayor of Santa Barbara,California,a city of 92,000. She was born in Illinois and attended Purdue University,later receiving a JD at Loyola University. Blum moved to Santa Barbara in 1968 with her husband Joe,a physician. Prior to her political career,she practiced law on the South Coast.
The 2009 Virginia gubernatorial election took place in Virginia on November 3,2009. The incumbent governor,Democrat Tim Kaine,was not eligible to run due to term limits established by the Virginia Constitution,though others in the state's executive branch were not restricted. Republican Bob McDonnell was elected as governor as part of a Republican sweep. Republican Bill Bolling was reelected as lieutenant governor,and Republican Ken Cuccinelli was elected as attorney general. The winners were inaugurated on January 16,2010,and served until January 11,2014.
Kenneth Cooper Alexander is an American politician currently serving as mayor of Norfolk,Virginia.
David Allen Clarke was an American civil-rights worker,attorney,and Democratic politician in Washington,D.C. Elected as one of the original members of the Council of the District of Columbia when D.C. gained home rule in 1974,Clarke served as its chair from 1983 to 1991,and again from the death of John A. Wilson in 1993 until his own death in 1997.
Paula Jean Miller is an American politician. She was a Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates 2005–2012,representing the 87th district in the city of Norfolk. She ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the special election to fill the seat being vacated by Ralph Northam,who was elected Lieutenant Governor of Virginia,in the Virginia Senate,District 6,representing portions of Norfolk,the Eastern Shore,and Virginia Beach. She lost to fellow delegate Lynwood Lewis.
William Douglas Sessoms Jr. is an American politician and bank officer who served as the mayor of Virginia Beach,Virginia from 2008 until his resignation in April,2018. He was president and CEO of Towne Financial Services Group,a division of TowneBank of Hampton Roads,Virginia from 2011 to 2014.
Wiley Francis Mitchell Jr. is an attorney and former politician in Virginia.
Daun Sessoms Hester is an American politician and educator. She served on the nonpartisan Norfolk,Virginia City Council 1996–2010,and was vice mayor 2004–08. She was a Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates,having won a special election on December 18,2012,in the 89th district in Norfolk.
Glenn Ray Davis Jr. is an American politician from Virginia. Davis served as a member of the Republican Party representing the Virginia House of Delegates 84th district. He resigned on April 24,2023 to serve as director of the Virginia Department of Energy.
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia were held on November 8,2016,to elect a U.S. representative from each of Virginia's 11 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as House of Representatives elections in other states,U.S. Senate elections and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on June 14.
The 2017 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 7,2017. After the party primary elections were held,the major party nominees were Jill Vogel (Republican) and Justin Fairfax (Democrat). The incumbent Lieutenant Governor,Democrat Ralph Northam,declined to run for re-election in order to run for Governor. In the general election on November 7,2017,Democratic nominee Justin Fairfax defeated Republican state Senator Jill Vogel to become the 41st Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.
Vincent Johns Thomas was an American businessman and politician who served as the Mayor of Norfolk,Virginia,from 1976 to 1984. He also served as the chairman of the Virginia State Board of Education from 1975 to 1978.
The Norfolk mayoral election of 2006 took place on May 2,2006. Voters elected the Mayor of Norfolk. This was the first popular election for mayor of Norfolk since 1916. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Paul D. Fraim.
The mayor of Virginia Beach is the head of the municipal government in Virginia Beach,Virginia,which has a council-manager system of government. The mayor presides over city council meetings and serves as the ceremonial head and spokesperson of the city. The mayor is elected to a four-year term through direct election and the office has no term limits. These elections are nonpartisan,as are all municipal elections in Virginia Beach. Prior to 1988,the mayor was appointed from among city council members elected to represent the city's various boroughs. The mayor's office is located within the City Clerk's office in the Virginia Beach Municipal Center.
The 2020 elections for members of the Virginia Beach City Council were held on November 3,2020. Five seats on the council,including the Mayor of Virginia Beach in the 2020 Virginia Beach mayoral election,were up for election in this cycle. While officially nonpartisan,most of the candidates were affiliated with and endorsed by various political parties.
Mayoral elections in Virginia Beach are held every four years to elect the mayor of Virginia Beach.
