Amelia Ross-Hammond
2023 - Present
2026
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Amelia Ross-Hammond is a member of the Virginia Beach City Council, representing District 4. She assumed office on January 1, 2023. Her current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Ross-Hammond ran for election to the Virginia Beach City Council to represent District 4. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Biography
Ross-Hammond earned a bachelor's degree from Ithaca College, a master's of music education from the College of New Jersey and a Ph.D. in educational leadership, curriculum and instruction from the University of Denver. Her professional experience includes working as a professor at Norfolk State University, where in 2009 she was awarded the Distinguished Faculty Award for Service.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: City elections in Virginia Beach, Virginia (2022)
General election
General election for Virginia Beach City Council District 4
Amelia Ross-Hammond won election in the general election for Virginia Beach City Council District 4 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Amelia Ross-Hammond (Nonpartisan) | 95.9 | 8,583 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 4.1 | 365 | ||
| Total votes: 8,948 | |||
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2016
The city of Virginia Beach, Virginia, held elections for mayor and four city council seats on November 8, 2016. Candidates interested in seeking these offices had to file with the city's voter registrar by June 14, 2016.[2][3] Jessica Abbott defeated incumbent Amelia Ross-Hammond in the Virginia Beach City Council nonpartisan general election for the Kempsville District seat.
| Virginia Beach City Council, Kempsville District General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Jessica Abbott |
58.90% | 93,621 |
| Amelia Ross-Hammond Incumbent | 40.48% | 64,338 |
| Write-in votes | 0.63% | 998 |
| Total Votes | 158,957 | |
| Source: City of Virginia Beach, "Election Information & Results," accessed November 29, 2016 | ||
Campaign themes
2022
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2016
Ross-Hammond's campaign website listed the following themes for 2016:
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| —Amelia Ross-Hammond (2016), [5] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedbio - ↑ City of Virginia Beach Voter Registrar, "Elected Offices and Terms," accessed August 13, 2015
- ↑ The Virginian-Pilot, "Find out who's running for Virginia Beach mayor and City Council," June 14, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Amelia Ross-Hammond, "Issues," accessed September 19, 2016
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Virginia Beach City Council District 4 2023-Present |
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Virginia Beach City Council District Kempsville 2013-2017 |
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