Poquoson,informally known as Bull Island,is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia,United States. As of the 2020 census,the population was 12,460. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Poquoson with surrounding York County for statistical purposes.
Chesapeake is an independent city in Virginia,United States. At the 2020 census,the population was 249,422,making it the second-most populous city in Virginia,the tenth largest in the Mid-Atlantic,and the 89th-most populous city in the United States.
Littleton Waller Tazewell was a Virginia lawyer,plantation owner,and politician who served as U.S. Representative,U.S. Senator and the 26th Governor of Virginia,as well as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates.
Virginia Wesleyan University (VWU) is a private university in Virginia Beach,Virginia. The university is nonsectarian but historically affiliated with The United Methodist Church. It enrolls 1,607 students annually in undergraduate and graduate programs,355 students at LUJ/VWU Global (Japan),and 1,403 in VWU Online. Virginia Wesleyan transitioned from a college to a university in 2017.
Berkley was an incorporated town in Norfolk County,Virginia. Chartered by an Act of Assembly in 1890,the Town of Berkley was located directly across the Eastern Branch Elizabeth River from the City of Norfolk in the South Hampton Roads area.
Paul David Fraim is an American politician and lawyer. A Democrat,he was elected to the City Council of Norfolk,Virginia in 1986,was appointed mayor of Norfolk July 1,1994 and re-appointed every two years until May 2006 when he became the first popularly elected mayor since 1916. He was twice re-elected mayor and did not seek re-election in 2016. He is the longest serving mayor in the history of Norfolk.
Louis Isaac Jaffe was an Lithuanian-American Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and former director of the American Red Cross News Service,in Paris,for the European bureau. He served for over three decades,and serving as the editorial page editor of the newspaper,Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk,Virginia.
Yvonne Bond Miller was a Virginia educator and American politician who became the first African-American woman to serve in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly. A Democrat,in 1983 Miller became the first African-American woman elected to the state house,where she served for four years before winning election to the state Senate,where she consistently won re-election until her death in office. Miller taught in the Norfolk Public schools,and later taught early and childhood education at one of her alma maters,which had become Norfolk State University during her lifetime.
Samuel Bernard Goodwyn is the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. He previously served as a circuit court judge in Chesapeake.
The Virginia Legislative Black Caucus is an American political organization composed of Black members elected to the Virginia General Assembly.
Robert Dickson Orrock,Sr. is an American politician. Since 1990,he has been a member of the Virginia House of Delegates,representing the 66th district in the east-central part of the state,including parts of Caroline and Spotsylvania counties;the former county is included in the Greater Richmond Region and the latter county is included in the Washington metropolitan area. From 1990–1991,the District encompassed all of Spotsylvania County,part of Caroline County,and part of the Fredericksburg City. From 1992–2001,the District encompassed part of Spotsylvania County and all of Fredericksburg City. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Robert Lee Ware Jr. is an American politician. Since 1998 he has served in the Virginia House of Delegates,representing the 65th district west of Richmond,consisting of the entirety of his home county of Powhatan,the precincts of Skinquarter,Tomahawk,Woolridge,Brandermill,Swift Creek,Evergreen West,Edgewater,Midlothian,Roseland,and Midlothian North in Chesterfield County;the precincts of Fife,Three Square,Sandy Hook,and Goochland Court House 2,in Goochland County;and the precincts of Columbia and Fork Union in Fluvanna County. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Don Juan Carey III is a former American football safety. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the sixth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Norfolk State. He has also been a member of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
James Easley Edmunds II is an American politician. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2010 to 2024,representing the 60th district in Southside Virginia. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Virginia's 5th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia. It has been represented by Democrat Lionell Spruill since his victory in a 2016 special election to succeed fellow Democrat Kenny Alexander,who was elected mayor of Norfolk.
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.
Virginia's 89th House of Delegates district elects one of 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates,the lower house of the state's bicameral legislature. District 89,consisting of parts of Norfolk,Virginia,is currently represented by Democrat Jackie Glass.
Jerrauld C. C. "Jay" Jones is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 89th district. In July 2020,Jones announced his candidacy for attorney general of Virginia in the 2021 election. Jones lost the Democratic primary to incumbent Mark Herring,despite receiving an endorsement from Governor Ralph Northam. In December 2021,Jones announced his resignation to focus on family.
The Norfolk mayoral election of 2016 took place on May 3,2016. Voters elected the Mayor of Norfolk. It saw the election of Kenny Alexander.
Jacqueline "Jackie" Hope Glass is an American politician and consultant from Virginia. A Democrat,she was first elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in a special election in 2022,winning the seat vacated by retiring Delegate Jay Jones. Glass represents the 93rd district,which covers part of the city of Norfolk.
