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Dwight Parker
Dwight Parker was a member of the Chesapeake City Council in Virginia. Parker assumed office in 2021. Parker left office on January 1, 2023.
Parker ran for re-election to the Chesapeake City Council in Virginia. Parker lost in the general election on May 19, 2020.
Parker was appointed to the Chesapeake City Council on November 16, 2021, to replace Matthew Hamel.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: City elections in Chesapeake, Virginia (2020)
General election
General election for Chesapeake City Council (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Chesapeake City Council on May 19, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Don Carey III (Nonpartisan) | 19.7 | 17,693 | |
| ✔ |  | S.Z. Ritter (Nonpartisan) | 19.6 | 17,569 |
| ✔ |  | Robert Ike (Nonpartisan) | 17.8 | 15,979 |
 | Dwight Parker (Nonpartisan) | 14.5 | 13,029 | |
 | Les Smith Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 13.7 | 12,278 | |
 | Sharon Johnson-Clayton (Nonpartisan)  | 10.2 | 9,157 | |
| Victoria Nicholls (Nonpartisan) | 3.9 | 3,503 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 410 | ||
| Total votes: 89,618 | |||
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2018
General election
Special general election for Chesapeake City Council
Incumbent Dwight Parker defeated Marty Williams and David Schleeper in the special general election for Chesapeake City Council on May 1, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dwight Parker (Nonpartisan) | 44.5 | 10,058 |
 | Marty Williams (Nonpartisan) | 34.8 | 7,856 | |
| David Schleeper (Nonpartisan) | 20.4 | 4,600 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 67 | ||
| Total votes: 22,581 | |||
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2016
Chesapeake, Virginia held elections in 2016. The mayor's chair and three seats on the Chesapeake City Council were up for general election on May 3, 2016. The following candidates ran in the election for at-large seats on the Chesapeake city council.[2]
| Chesapeake At-large City Council, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 S.Z. Ritter Incumbent |
21.27% | 9,629 |
| Richard W. West Incumbent |
19.94% | 9,023 |
| Robert C. Ike, Jr. Incumbent |
16.49% | 7,464 |
| Dwight Parker | 15.47% | 7,004 |
| Gene Waters | 13.72% | 6,211 |
| David Washington | 12.70% | 5,747 |
| Write-in votes | 0.41% | 184 |
| Total Votes (100 percent of voters reporting) | 45,262 | |
| Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "2016 May City General: Chesapeake City," May 3, 2016 | ||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Dwight Parker did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
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