2004 Chesapeake mayoral election
The 2004 Chesapeake mayoral election was held on May 4, 2004. It saw the reelection of the incumbent mayor William E. Ward.
Election results[ 1]
Candidate
Votes
%
William Ward
13,633
51.40
W. Joe
12,505
47.15
James Walz
252
0.95
Others
134
0.50
Total votes
26,524
100
2008 Chesapeake mayoral election
The 2008 Chesapeake mayoral election was held on May 6, 2008. It saw the election of Alan Krasnoff , a member of the city council.[ 2]
Election results[ 3]
Candidate
Votes
%
Alan Krasnoff
12,546
53.46
Rebecca Adams
10,886
46.38
Others
38
0.16
Total votes
23,470
100
2012 Chesapeake mayoral election
The 2012 Chesapeake mayoral election was held on May 1, 2012. The incumbent mayor Alan Krasnoff won a second term to his mayoral office.[ 4]
Election results[ 5]
Candidate
Votes
%
Alan Krasnoff
12,578
74.27
Burnie Mansfield
3,327
19.64
Harrietta Gibbons
935
5.52
Others
97
0.57
Total votes
16,937
100
The 2016 Chesapeake mayoral election was held on May 3, 2016. The incumbent mayor Alan Krasnoff won by default due to the lack of opposing candidates.[ 6]
2018 Chesapeake special mayoral election
On the municipal election of Chesapeake in November 2017, the incumbent mayor Alan Krasnoff ran for and won the election was the Chesapeake City Clerk of Court . Since Krasnoff left the post of mayor on November 14, Richard West , a city council member, became the acting mayor.[ 7] special mayoral election was held on May 1, 2018. It saw the election of the acting mayor Richard West.[ 8]
Election results[ 9]
Candidate
Votes
%
Richard West
13,342
57.81
Jo Anne Gallant
9,630
41.72
Others
109
0.47
Total votes
23,081
100
2020 Chesapeake mayoral election
The 2020 Chesapeake mayoral election was held on May 19, 2020. It saw the reelection of the incumbent mayor Richard West.[ 10]
Election results[ 11]
Candidate
Votes
%
Richard West
21,888
65.99
Lenard Myers II
9,087
27.39
Steffanie Aubuchon
1,386
4.18
Palmer Smith
641
1.93
Write-in
169
0.51
Total votes
33,171
100
The following served as mayors of Chesapeake:
Colon L. Hall, 1963[ 12]
Howard R. McPherson, 1963-1965[ 12]
G.A. Treakle, 1965-1970[ 12]
William S Overton, 1970-1972[ 12]
Marian P. Whitehurst, 1972-1980[ 12]
Sidney M. Oman, 1980-1984, 1986-1988[ 12]
J. Bennie Jennings, 1984-1986[ 12]
David I. Wynne, 1988-1990[ 12]
William E Ward, 1990-2004[ 12] [ 13]
Dalton S Edge, 2004-2008[ 12]
Alan P. Krasnoff , 2008-2017[ 12] Rick West , 2017-present[ 14]
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