Mayoral elections in Virginia Beach, Virginia

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Mayoral elections in Virginia Beach are held every four years to elect the mayor of Virginia Beach.

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All Virginia Beach municipal elections are required to be non-partisan, but most candidates can be affiliated with political parties. Virginia Beach uses a plurality voting system, with no possibility of runoffs.

2008

2008 Virginia Beach mayoral election
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  Will Sessoms (cropped 2).jpg Meyera Oberndorf (5853384487) (a).jpg
Nominee Will Sessoms Meyera Oberndorf
Popular vote74,39467,551
Percentage38.97%35.38%
  Scott Taylor official photo (1).jpg
NomineeJohn D. Moss Scott Taylor
Popular vote29,54219,165
Percentage15.47%10.04%
Mayor before election

Meyera Oberndorf
Democratic

Elected mayor

Will Sessoms
Republican

The 2008 Virginia Beach mayoral election took place on November 4, 2008, to elect the next mayor of Virginia Beach. Incumbent Democratic Mayor Meyera Oberndorf lost re-election to Republican candidate Will Sessoms (ending Oberndorf's two-decade tenure as the city's mayor). [1]

Will Sessoms was endorsed by Doug McCain, who is a Virginia Beach resident and John McCain's son. [2] [3] By December 31, 2007, Sessoms had a US$321,000 to $5,600 fundraising edge. [4]

Results

2008 Virginia Beach's mayoral election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Will Sessoms 74,394 38.97
Nonpartisan Meyera Oberndorf 67,55135.38
Nonpartisan John D. Moss29,54215.47
Nonpartisan Scott Taylor 19,16510.04
Write-in2620.14
Total votes190,914

2012


2012 Virginia Beach mayoral election
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←  2008 November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06) 2016  →
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Nominee Will Sessoms Richard W. “RK” KowalewitchWalter W. Erb
Popular vote124,26334,14520,763
Percentage69.01%18.96%11.53%
Mayor before election

Will Sessoms
Republican

Elected mayor

Will Sessoms
Republican

The 2012 Virginia Beach mayoral election took place on November 6, 2012, to elect the mayor of Virginia Beach. Incumbent Republican Mayor Will Sessoms won re-election with 69.01% of the vote. [6] [7]

Results

2012 Virginia Beach mayoral election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Will Sessoms 124,26369.01
Nonpartisan Richard W. “RK” Kowalewitch34,14518.96
Nonpartisan Walter W. Erb20,76311.53
Write-in9060.50
Total votes180,077

2016

2016 Virginia Beach mayoral election
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←  2012 November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08) 2018  →
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Nominee Will Sessoms Richard W. "RK" Kowalewitch
Popular vote101,25136,329
Percentage54.1%19.41%
 
NomineeA. M. "Don" WeeksGeorge Furman III
Popular vote34,44914,238
Percentage18.41%7.61%
Mayor before election

Will Sessoms
Republican

Elected mayor

Will Sessoms
Republican

The 2016 Virginia Beach mayoral election took place on November 8, 2016, to elect the nayor of Virginia Beach. Incumbent Republican Mayor Will Sessoms ran for a third term. [9] He was re-elected with 54.1% of the vote. [10] [11]

Results

2016 Virginia Beach's mayoral election [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Will Sessoms 101,251 54.1
Nonpartisan Richard W. "RK" Kowalewitch36,32919.41
Nonpartisan A. M. "Don" Weeks34,44918.41
Nonpartisan George Furman III14,2387.61
Write-in8980.48
Total votes187,307

2018 special

2018 Virginia Beach mayoral special election
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Officially nonpartisan		 2020  →
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Nominee Bobby Dyer M. Ben Davenport
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote82,20175,693
Percentage51.80%47.70%
Mayor before election

Louis Jones (acting)
Republican

Elected mayor

Bobby Dyer
Republican

The 2018 Virginia Beach mayoral special election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the next mayor of Virginia Beach. concurrently with various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican mayor Will Sessoms resigned, which led to the special election. [13] Republican candidate Bobby Dyer defeated Democratic candidate M. Ben Davenport with 51.80% of the vote. [14] [15]

Dyer was a physical therapist as well as a professor of government at Regent University, [16] [17] and M. Ben Davenport had served as an at-large member of the Virginia Beach City Council since 2015. [18]

Dyer won despite being outspent by Davenport 5 to 1. [19]

Results

2018 Virginia Beach's mayoral special election [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Bobby Dyer 82,201 51.80
Nonpartisan M. Ben Davenport75,69347.70
Write-in7890.50
Total votes158,683 100.00

2020

2020 Virginia Beach mayoral election
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Officially nonpartisan		 2024  →
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Nominee Bobby Dyer Jody Wagner
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote113,56796,400
Percentage51.6443.83
2020 VA Beach Mayoral election.svg
Results by precinct
Dyer:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Wagner:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Mayor before election

Bobby Dyer
Republican

Elected mayor

Bobby Dyer
Republican

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.

Bobby Dyer was first elected in a 2018 special election held due to the resignation of Mayor Will Sessoms. [13]

Background

On February 27, 2020, city council member Aaron Rouse announced his intention to seek office. When reached by The Virginian-Pilot for comment on the announcement, Bobby Dyer confirmed that he would be seeking re-election. [21] On May 30, 2020, Rouse announced that he was dropping out of the race citing the coronavirus pandemic as the reason for ending his campaign. [22] On June 9, 2020, former Virginia Secretary of Finance Jody Wagner announced that she would challenge Dyer in the upcoming election. [23] On June 12, 2020, businessman Richard W. "RK" Kowalewitch announced that he would also challenge Dyer. [24]

On October 8, 2020, the Virginia Beach Forum conducted a series of interviews with Dyer, Wagner, and Kowalewitch. [25]

On November 4, 2020, results confirmed that Dyer had won the election and been reelected to a second term. [26] That morning, Wagner conceded to Dyer, saying in a statement that they "both agreed that what our city needs right now is unity, and I look forward to working with him to move our city forward and address the critical challenges we face. While I am disappointed in the outcome of the election, I am incredibly grateful for the support from friends, family, and our entire community." [27]

Candidates

CandidateExperienceLogoCampaign
announced		Party [a] Refs
Bobby Dyer BobbyDyer2020Logo.png

(Website)

February 27, 2020 Republican [21] [28]
Jody Wagner JodyWagner2020Logo.png

(Website)

June 9, 2020 Democratic [23] [28]
Richard "RK" Kowalewitch
  • Businessman
 RK2020Logo.png June 12, 2020 Republican [24] [28]
  1. ↑ Officially nonpartisan

Withdrew before the election

CandidateExperienceLogoCampaign
announced		Campaign
suspended		Party [a] Refs
Aaron Rouse Rouse2020Logo.png

(Website)

February 27, 2020May 30, 2020 Democratic Party [21] [22]
  1. ↑ Officially nonpartisan

Endorsements

Bobby Dyer
Governors
State legislators
Local officials
Organizations
  • African American Political Action Council (AA PAC) [39]
  • Coastal Virginia Building Industry Association [31]
  • Hampton Roads Black Caucus [31] [40]
  • Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce [41]
  • Hampton Roads Realtors Association [42]
  • Republican Party of Virginia Beach [43]
  • Virginia Beach Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 8 [31]
  • Virginia Beach Hospitality PAC [31]
  • Virginia Beach Police Benevolent Association, Local 34 [44]
  • Virginia Beach Professional Firefighters Local 2924 [45]
  • Virginia Beach Young Republicans [46]
Jody Wagner
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Governors
Attorneys General
State legislators
Local officials
Individuals
Organizations
  • Mid-Atlantic Pipe Trades Association, Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Union 110 [64]
  • Virginia Beach Democratic Committee [65]
  • Virginia Beach Education Association - Political Action Committee of Educators (VBEA-PACE) [66]

Results

2020 Virginia Beach's mayoral election [67]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Bobby Dyer (incumbent) 113,567 51.64
Nonpartisan Jody Wagner 96,40043.83
Nonpartisan Richard W. "RK" Kowalewitch9,5704.35
Write-in3870.18
Total votes219,924 100

2024

2024 Virginia Beach mayoral election
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←  2020 November 5, 2024 (2024-11-05)
Officially nonpartisan		2028 →
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Nominee Bobby Dyer Sabrina D. Wooten
Popular vote88,97568,987
Percentage40.94%31.74%
Mayor before election

Bobby Dyer
Republican

Elected mayor

Bobby Dyer
Republican

The 2024 Virginia Beach mayoral election will take place on November 5, 2024, to elect the mayor of Virginia Beach. Incumbent Republican Mayor Bobby Dyer announced his re-election bid in 2023. [68] [69]

The mayoral election will take place alongside other 2024 Virginia Beach elections, including races for City Council.

Candidates

Withdrawn

Results

[73]

https://ballotpedia.org/Mayoral_election_in_Virginia_Beach,_Virginia_(2024)

2024 Virginia Beach mayoral general election
CandidateVotes %
Bobby Dyer (Incumbent)80,08441.1%
Sabrina Wooten61,51631.6%
John Moss33,26717.1%
Chris Taylor14,7577.6%
Richard Kowalewitch4,7562.4%
Total votes194,380 100.00

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  2. ↑ Gaudio, Greg (June 25, 2008). "Will Sessoms launches Beach mayoral campaign with party". The Virginian-Pilot . HamptonRoads.com. Retrieved February 27, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Mayoral candidates already heading for the starting gate". The Virginian-Pilot . Newsbank. July 5, 2007. Retrieved February 28, 2009.
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  38. 1 2 3 4 "Letters for Oct. 11: Virginia Beach vice mayor endorses Mayor Bobby Dyer". The Virginian-Pilot. October 10, 2020. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  39. ↑ Dyer, Bobby (October 20, 2020). "Virginia Beach African American Political Action Council (AA PAC) ENDORSES Mayor Bobby Dyer. "Mayor Dyer has faced a series of challenges that clearly no other Virginia Beach Mayor has had to face in the partial term he has held for the past two years. He has fully supported the Virginia African American Cultural Center. His challengers, an accomplished businessperson and a distinguished former state public official, have admirable credentials but this is a non-partisan race and we feel Mr. Dyer, with the selection of a new city manager, the first African American to hold that position, and a new police chief on his watch, has earned election to a full term of his own."". Facebook. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
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  46. ↑ "Our Chairman Yusuf Tejada and Vice Chair @PeterAFinocchio are hitting the streets hard today for @gadeforvirginia, Mayor @BobbyDyerVB, and our local slate! Doing everything we can to elect our great Republican candidates up and down the ballot! #SaturdaysAreForTheDoors". Twitter. September 26, 2020. Archived from the original on September 26, 2020. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
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