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Municipal elections in Norfolk, Virginia (2017)
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: March 30, 2017 |
| Primary election: June 13, 2017 General election: November 7, 2017 |
| Election stats |
| Offices up: Commissioner of Revenue, Commonwealth's Attorney, Sheriff, and Treasurer |
| Total seats up: 4 |
| Election type: Partisan |
| Other municipal elections |
| U.S. municipal elections, 2017 |
Democratic incumbents C. Evans Poston and Greg Underwood were unopposed and won re-election to the positions of commissioner of revenue and commonwealth's attorney, respectively. Democratic incumbent Joe Baron defeated three independent candidates to win re-election as sheriff. Daun Sessoms Hester won the open-seat race for city treasurer.
Elections
Commissioner of Revenue
General election
- ☑
C. Evans Poston (i)
Commonwealth's Attorney
General election
- ☑ Greg Underwood (i)
Primary election
- ☑ Greg Underwood (i)
- ☐ Ron Batliner
- ☐ S.W. Dawson
Sheriff
General election
- ☑ Joe Baron (i)
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Neil Bradley - ☐ Sean Jones
- ☐ Reggie Spruill
Treasurer
General election
Campaign finance
Campaign finance information will be available here once it is published.
About the city
- See also: Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2010, its population was 242,803.
City government
- See also: Council-manager government
The city of Norfolk uses a council-manager system. In this form of municipal government, an elected city council—which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body—appoints a chief executive called a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and implement the council's policy and legislative initiatives.[1]
Demographics
The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
| Demographic Data for Norfolk, Virginia | ||
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| Norfolk | Virginia | |
| Population | 242,803 | 8,001,024 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 53 | 39,481 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 47% | 67.6% |
| Black/African American | 41.1% | 19.2% |
| Asian | 3.7% | 6.4% |
| Native American | 0.4% | 0.3% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Other (single race) | 3% | 2.6% |
| Multiple | 4.7% | 3.8% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 8% | 9.4% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 88% | 89.7% |
| College graduation rate | 28.8% | 38.8% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $51,590 | $74,222 |
| Persons below poverty level | 18.7% | 10.6% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
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See also
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