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Jane Bethel
Jane Bethel was a 2014 nonpartisan candidate for Mayor of Norfolk, Virginia.
Biography
Bethel's professional experience includes working for the City of Norfolk managing the City's Electronic Records Management application.[1]
Campaign themes
2014
Bethel's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[2]
Reduction In Force (RIF) 52 Employees
- Excerpt: "Is the City following their new RIF policy, or are employees who have made legitimate complaints being fired?"
Economic Development
- Excerpt: "If elected Mayor, I promise NOT to invest in an unneeded conference center."
Light Rail Expansion
- Excerpt: "We must extend the TIDE to the Navy base and ODU and work with Virginia Beach on their extension."
PreK Education and Technical School Options
- Excerpt: "Provide PreK education to all of Norfolk’s children, and expand technical school options for the non-college bound student."
Strong Community Involvement and Strengthened Neighborhoods
- Excerpt: "Fostering strong families and community involvement and spending more of the City’s budget in the neighborhoods."
Elections
2014
- See also: Norfolk, Virginia mayoral election, 2014
Elections for the mayor of Norfolk, Virginia were held on May 6, 2014. Incumbent Paul Fraim defeated Jane Bethel and Michael Muhammad.[3][4][5][6]
| Mayor of Norfolk, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
 Paul Fraim Incumbent |
71% | 11,252 | |
| Michael Muhammad | 16.1% | 2,555 | |
| Jane Bethel | 11.8% | 1,869 | |
| Write-in | 1% | 161 | |
| Total Votes | 15,837 | ||
| Source: Virginia State Board of Elections | |||
Personal
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Bethel and her husband have two children.[1]
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Jane + Bethel + Norfolk + Virginia"
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 democracy.com, "Jane Bethel - Biography," accessed May 5, 2014
- ↑ democracy.com, "Jane Bethel - Issues," accessed May 2, 2014
- ↑ Virginia Pilot "Norfolk Mayor Fraim makes re-election bid formal," January 16, 2014
- ↑ Norfolk Virginia "Office of Elections" accessed February 14, 2014
- ↑ City of Norfolk, "Official candidate list," accessed April 25, 2014
- ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections, "Official election results," accessed July 4, 2014
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