Council Candidates’ Focus Underscores Frustration With City Hall
The consensus on priorities: financial management, public schools, basic services
View ArticleWhat Richmond Needs in its Next Mayor, Revisited
What will go down as one of the most bizarre mayoral elections in city history is reaching peak mania.
View ArticleField Notes: The Race to $1 Million
Former Venture Richmond executive Jack Berry reported raising just under $360,000 from Oct. 1-27, far and away the most among the field of seven mayoral candidates.
View ArticleMayoral Race: A Primer
How the race to run Richmond works, recent voter turnout and campaign spending
View ArticleField Notes: Baliles Drops Out
West End Councilman Jon Baliles on Wednesday afternoon dropped out of the Richmond mayoral race, citing the risk of a split vote next Tuesday, resulting in front-runner Joe Morrissey being the city's...
View ArticleField Notes: RCDC Drama
Two officers of the Richmond City Democratic Committee have formed a separate political action committee that has endorsed candidates in local races, a move that several members say undermines the...
View ArticleField Notes: The Final Push
Heading into the last weekend before Election Day, we check in with the three leading candidates in Richmond’s mayoral race.
View ArticleField Notes: Baliles Backs Stoney
West End Councilman Jon Baliles has endorsed Levar Stoney's bid for Richmond mayor, according to a release sent from Stoney's campaign.
View ArticleField Notes: The #RVAmayor Race
Richmond is nearing the climax of a mayoral race you couldn’t have scripted to be crazier. It’s been a glorious few months for political junkies following the happenings in the ever-expanding #rvamayor...
View ArticleVirginia Can Help Make History, Kaine Says
At a late-night rally Monday, the U.S. senator and former Richmond mayor says, 'The time is now' to elect a woman as president.
View ArticleField Notes: Stoney Votes
Richmond mayoral hopeful Levar Stoney stood in line for an hour at the Richmond Public Library’s main branch to cast his ballot on Tuesday morning.
View ArticleField Notes: Berry Votes
Richmond mayoral hopeful Jack Berry says he’s confident the mayoral race will be settled today. Voters at a 2nd District precinct were split between Berry and Stoney.
View ArticleField Notes: Watch Parties
After a whirlwind day at the polls, the three leading candidates in the Richmond mayoral race will gather with supporters and celebrate as they await election returns.
View ArticleField Notes: Teflon Joe
Several voters at two precincts in the battleground 5th district said Morrissey's personal troubles and bad publicity — recent or otherwise — didn’t lead them to reconsider their decision to support him.
View ArticleField Notes: Your Next City Council and School Board
Richmond City Council incumbents swept their races, but a School Board shakeup left only one incumbent safe.
View ArticleField Notes: Stoney's Night
Richmond’s two top mayoral candidates are in a holding pattern Wednesday morning after an election night that did not render an official outcome and little went as expected.
View ArticleField Notes: Berry Concedes
Former Venture Richmond executive Jack Berry on Wednesday evening conceded the Richmond mayoral election to Levar Stoney in a statement from his campaign.
View ArticleField Notes: Mayor-Elect
The political ascent of Levar Stoney was made official late Wednesday, when Virginia’s former secretary of the commonwealth was declared Richmond’s mayor-elect.
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