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2018 Virginia Beach mayoral special election

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Virginia Beach mayoral election, 2018

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Nominee Bobby Dyer Ben Davenport
Party nonpartisan nonpartisan
Popular vote 6,948 6,505
Percentage 51.3% 48.1%

Mayor before election

Louis Jones (acting)

Elected mayor

Bobby Dyer
Republican

The Virginia Beach mayoral election of 2018 took place on November 6, 2018. Voters elected the Mayor of Virginia Beach. It saw the election of Bobby Dyer.

The two candidates were Dyer, a physical therapist as well as a professor of government at Regent University[1][2] and Ben Davenport, who had served as an at-large member of the Virginia Beach City Council since 2015.[3]

Dyer won despite being outspent by Davenport 5 to 1.[4]

Results

Virginia Beach mayoral election, 2018[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
nonpartisan Bobby Dyer 6,948 51.33
nonpartisan Ben Davenport 6,505 48.05
Write-in 84 0.62
Total votes 13,537

See also

References

  1. ^ Skelton, Alissa (November 16, 2018). "Councilman Bobby Dyer is becoming mayor of Virginia Beach. Here's how he intends to lead". The Virginian Post. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  2. ^ Skelton, Alissa (October 27, 2018). "Who will become the next mayor of Virginia Beach?". The Virginian Post. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  3. ^ "M. Ben Davenport". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  4. ^ Skelton, Alissa (November 6, 2018). "In Virginia Beach mayor's race, longtime councilman will become the new mayor". The Virginian Post. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  5. ^ "COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA Official Results 2018 November General" (PDF). Virginia Beach. Retrieved October 1, 2019.