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The 2020 Virginia Beach mayoral election took place on November 3, 2020, to elect the mayor of Virginia Beach. Incumbent Republican Mayor Bobby Dyer defeated Democrat Jody Wagner , who was the former Virginia Secretary of Finance and Virginia State Treasurer , with 51.64% of the vote.
Ken Stolle, Sheriff of Virginia Beach (2010-present), Virginia State Senator from District 8 (1992-2010) [43] Organizations. Republican Party of Virginia Beach [25] Virginia Beach Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 8 [44] Virginia Beach Police Benevolent Association, Local 34 [27] Virginia Citizens Defense League PAC [45]
Norman Dewey "Rocky" Holcomb III (born 1968) is an American politician who serves as the interim Sheriff of Virginia Beach since September 29, 2023. [1] He served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for the 85th district from 2017 to 2018. He is a member of the Republican Party. [2]
Virginia's congressional districts did not meet the "competitive" mark of a 5% margin of victory, but they averaged a margin of 35%, comparable to the national district statistical average of all 435 districts. Districts 10 and 11 in northern Virginia and the 2nd in the Hampton Roads ranged between 16 and 18%. Virginia, like the nation as a ...
The Republican Party of Virginia (RPV) is the Virginia chapter of the Republican Party. It is based at the Richard D. Obenshain Center in Richmond . [ 1 ] As of May 2024, it controls all three statewide elected offices, 5 out of 11 U.S. House seats, and the governor's seat within the state.
The 2nd district is based in Hampton Roads, containing the cities of Chesapeake, Franklin, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach. Virginia's Eastern Shore is also located within the district. The incumbent is Republican Jen Kiggans, who flipped the district and was elected to a first term with 52% of the vote in 2022.
Barack Obama campaigns in Virginia Beach. In his 2008 win, Virginia voted for a Democrat for the first time in ten Presidential elections. In 1989, Doug Wilder was the first African-American elected governor of a U.S. state. Despite Virginia's support of Republican presidential candidates and reputation as a conservative state, voters elected ...
Virginia was the only such state to vote for Gerald Ford over Jimmy Carter in 1976. Since 2008, Virginia has voted for Democrats in presidential elections, including Barack Obama; in 2016 and 2024, Virginia was the only former Confederate state to vote for Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris over Donald Trump.