2025 Chesapeake, Virginia elections

2025 Chesapeake, Virginia elections

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A general election will be held in Chesapeake, Virginia to elect various county-level officials on November 4, 2025. Primary elections will take place on June 17. ^[1]

Sheriff

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Wallace Chadwick, police lieutenant ^{[2] [3]}

Eliminated in primary

• Dave Rosado, incumbent sheriff ^{[4] [5]}

Campaign

Immigration and cooperation with the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) department, was considered a focus of the campaign. ^{[6] [7]}

Results

Republican primary ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wallace Chadwick III	7,300	58.20
	Republican	Dave Rosado (incumbent)	5,242	41.80
Total votes			12,542	100.00

Third-party or independent candidates

Write-in candidates

• Dave Rosado, incumbent sheriff (eliminated in Republican primary) ^[9]

General election

Results

2025 Chesapeake Sheriff election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wallace Chadwick III
	Write-in
Total votes				100.00

Commonwealth's Attorney

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Matthew Hamel, incumbent Commonwealth's Attorney ^[1] (switched parties in 2024) ^[10]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• David Mick ^[1]

General election

Results

2025 Chesapeake Commonwealth's Attorney election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matthew Hamel (incumbent)
	Republican	David Mick
	Write-in
Total votes				100.00

Commissioner of Revenue

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Victoria Proffitt, incumbent commissioner ^[1]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jennifer Naperala, candidate for city council in 2024 ^[1]

General election

Results

2025 Chesapeake Commissioner of Revenue election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Victoria Proffitt (incumbent)
	Democratic	Jennifer Naperala
	Write-in
Total votes				100.00

Treasurer

Republican primary

Nominee

• Wendy Roenker, legal counsel at the treasurer's office ^[1]

Democratic primary

Nominee

• Corrie Kring, former City of Chesapeake Treasurer office employee ^[11]

General election

Results

2025 Chesapeake Treasurer election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wendy Roenker
	Democratic	Corrie Kring
	Write-in
Total votes				100.00

References

1. "City elections in Chesapeake, Virginia (2025)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
2. Harper, Jane (28 April 2025). "Chesapeake sheriff is being challenged by a city police officer". The Virginian Pilot. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
3. Alvarez-Wertz, Jane. "Candidate Profile: Wallace W. Chadwick III (Chesapeake Sheriff race)". WAVY.com. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
4. Harrison, Emily. "Incumbent faces off against challenger in primary for Chesapeake's Sheriff". 13 News Now. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
5. Alvarez-Wertz, Jane. "Candidate Profile: Dave Rosado (Chesapeake Sheriff race)". WAVY.com. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
6. Anderson, Natalie (6 June 2025). "Immigration enforcement at heart of divisive Chesapeake sheriff's race". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
7. Burness, Alex (5 June 2025). ""It Blows My Mind That There's No Opposition": When ICE Allies Run Unchallenged". Bolts. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
8. "Republican Primary: Sheriff Chesapeake". vpap.org. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
9. "After losing in primary, Chesapeake Sheriff David Rosado to run a write-in campaign". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
10. Horne, Chris. "Chesapeake CA resigns from local GOP". WAVY.com. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
11. "Chesapeake treasurer's race: Corrie Kring faces Wendy Roenker". The Virginian-Pilot. September 17, 2025. Retrieved 18 September 2025.