Initial reports from the VA State Board of Elections and city’s results had it right: Cynthia Newbille will be the new City Council 7th District representative, and that Delores McQuinn and Jennifer McClellan will return to the House of Delegates.
In addition to the state-wide races, on November 3rd voters in the East End will be electing a new city council representative for the 7th District and selecting a House of Delegates representative for either the 70th or the 71st districts. Also on the ballot will be uncontested races for Commonwealth’s Attorney, Sherif, and Treasurer.
A recent snapshot poll on this site taken over the past week shows an apparent dead heat among four of the candidates for the City Council 7th District seat, with Lewis, Newbille, Robinson, Powell, and UNDECIDED all grabbing 20% of the vote (give or take). What do the results really indicate?
The amazing Virginia Public Access Project has updated the numbers on the City Council 7th District campaign and the money is beginning to show up (previously)…
Twenty-six people turned out last night to a forum for the 6 candidates running for the City Council 7th District seat at the Robinson Theater sponsored by the Church Hill Association. If you were one of the thousands that couldn’t make it, we’ve got some must-see video for you…
From the Richmond City Hall post for examiner.com, Isaac Graves looks into the reported donations so far in the race for the City Council 7th District seat: The most recent reports on the Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP) website shows that the six way race for the open city council seat in the 7th district, [...]
With just about 3 weeks left to go, word via the city registrar has only Ronald Bond and Clarence Kenney having filed in the race for the City Council 7th District seat. The election page at the Virginia Public Access Project also puts Cynthia Newbille on the ballot for the November 3rd special election to [...]
A recent reader submission: Recently, on East Franklin Street, campaign posters are being torn down and thrown into storm drains. We are proud of our candidate and have high hopes for him, and we are sure you feel the same way about yours. What we don’t understand is why it is necessary for some supporters [...]
As a follow-up to our mayoral poll back in August, here are the results of a (certainly very unscientific) poll of the support for each of the 3 school board candidates…
Bellevue Elementary and the Church Hill Association hosted a sparsely attended forum for the 7th District School Board candidates this evening. A more well-attended forum that included school board, council, and mayoral candidates took place immediately following at the Powatan Community Center in Fulton.
The RTD has a list of people who have already submitted papers with the city’s office of the general registrar indicating that they will run for office this November. Candidates have until June 10th to file. So far, no challenger to McQuinn for her City Council seat, but 2 more names have popped up for [...]
A week into our 7th district poll, this is what we have so far…
The Union Hill Civic Association met this evening at Cedar Street Baptist Church. The 7th district candidates for school board and city council took questions.
