Justin Wilson | |
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Mayor of Alexandria, Virginia | |
Assumed office January 2, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Allison Silberberg |
Vice mayor of Alexandria,Virginia | |
In office 2016–2019 | |
Member of the Alexandria City Council | |
In office 2012–2016 | |
In office 2007–2009 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Cheverly,Maryland,U.S. | March 11,1979
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Alex Crawford-Batt |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Virginia Commonwealth University |
Justin Marshall Wilson (born March 11,1979) is an American politician who has been mayor of Alexandria,Virginia,since January 2,2019. [1] He was previously on the Alexandria City Council,including a term as vice mayor from 2016 to 2019. [1] He is a member of the Democratic Party. On December 1,2023,he announced that he would not seek re-election in 2024. [2]
Wilson was born in Cheverly,Maryland,to a Caucasian mother and African-American father,and grew up in Washington,D.C.,and Fairfax County,Virginia. He graduated from John R. Lewis High School in Springfield,Virginia,when it was named Robert E. Lee High School,and Virginia Commonwealth University. He began in politics in the Virginia Young Democrats and was later a page for Don Beyer during Beyer's tenure as lieutenant governor of Virginia. [3]
Wilson was elected to the Alexandria City Council in 2007 but lost his bid for re-election in 2009. He was elected to the council for a second time in the 2012 election,and was re-elected in 2015. As the council member with the highest vote total in the 2015 election,he served as vice mayor for the following council term. [1] [3]
In the 2018 Democratic mayoral primary,Wilson defeated the incumbent mayor and fellow Democrat Allison Silberberg,by a margin of 52% to 47%. [4] [5] No other candidate qualified for the November general election ballot,so Wilson ran unopposed,although write-in votes were permitted;Wilson received 93% of the votes cast. [3]
In a rematch,Wilson defeated Allison Silberberg in the 2021 Democratic primary,57% to 43%. Wilson defeated the Republican nominee,Annetta Catchings,in the general election,by a margin of 68% to 31%. [6]
Because Alexandria's mayor is only part-time,Wilson also works for Amtrak as a senior director of vendor and contract management.
Wilson married Alex Crawford-Batt in 2001,three years after meeting her at a Democratic state convention while in college. [7] They have two children. [3] [8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kerry J. Donley | 7,713 | 11.7 | |
Democratic | K. Rob Krupicka | 7,707 | 11.7 | |
Republican | Frank H. Fannon,IV | 7,220 | 11.0 | |
Democratic | Redella Del S. Pepper | 7,175 | 10.9 | |
Democratic | Paul C. Smedberg | 7,096 | 10.8 | |
Independent | Alicia R. Hughes | 7,042 | 10.7 | |
Democratic | Timothy B. Lovain (incumbent) | 6,874 | 10.4 | |
Democratic | Justin M. Wilson (incumbent) | 6,735 | 10.2 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Timothy B. Lovain | 5,388 | 9.1 | |
Democratic | Justin M. Wilson | 5,192 | 8.7 | |
Democratic | Allison Silberberg | 5,168 | 8.7 | |
Democratic | Redella Del S. Pepper (incumbent) | 7,175 | 8.5 | |
Democratic | Paul C. Smedberg (incumbent) | 4,957 | 8.3 | |
Democratic | John Taylor Chapman | 4,644 | 7.8 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Allison Silberberg | 36,761 | 12.3 | |
Democratic | Redella S. Pepper (incumbent) | 35,197 | 11.8 | |
Democratic | John Taylor Chapman | 33,713 | 11.3 | |
Democratic | Justin M. Wilson | 31,550 | 10.6 | |
Democratic | Timothy B. Lovain | 31,338 | 10.5 | |
Democratic | Paul C. Smedberg (incumbent) | 30,015 | 10.0 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Justin M. Wilson (incumbent) | 15,852 | 11.7 | |
Democratic | John Taylor Chapman (incumbent) | 15,437 | 11.4 | |
Democratic | Paul C. Smedberg (incumbent) | 14,914 | 11.0 | |
Democratic | Redella S. Pepper (incumbent) | 14,733 | 10.8 | |
Democratic | Timothy B. Lovain (incumbent) | 14,597 | 10.7 | |
Democratic | Willie Fitzgerald Bailey,Sr | 13,514 | 10.0 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Justin M. Wilson | 11,451 | 53.0 | |
Democratic | Allison Silberberg (incumbent) | 10,186 | 47.1 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Justin M. Wilson | 51,750 | 92.4 | |
Write-in | 4,066 | 7.3 | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Justin M. Wilson (incumbent) | 13,176 | 57.2 | |
Democratic | Allison Silberberg | 9,857 | 42.8 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Justin M. Wilson (incumbent) | 36,276 | 67.7 | |
Republican | Annetta Michelle Catchings | 16,584 | 30.9 | |
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