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2022 Chesapeake elections

Election dates
Filing deadline: June 21, 2022
General election: November 8, 2022
Election stats
Offices up: City council
Total seats up: 5

Election type: Nonpartisan
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The city of Chesapeake, Virginia, held general elections for city council on November 8, 2022. The filing deadline for this election was June 21, 2022.

## Contents

* 1 Elections
* 2 Candidates and results
* 3 Additional elections on the ballot
* 3.1 What was at stake?
* 3.1.1 Report a story for this election
* 3.1.2 Candidate survey
* 3.2 About the city
* 3.2.1 City government
* 3.2.2 Demographics
* 3.3 See also
* 3.4 External links
* 3.5 Footnotes

## Elections[edit]

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# Candidates and results[edit]

#### General election

##### General election for Chesapeake City Council (5 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Chesapeake City Council on November 8, 2022.

Candidate

Votes

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| John de Triquet (Nonpartisan) |

11.4

| 41,198

| Ella Ward (Nonpartisan) |

10.8

| 38,984

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| Daniel Whitaker (Nonpartisan) |

10.5

| 37,807

| Charles Bunn (Nonpartisan) |

10.3

| 37,159

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| Amanda Newins (Nonpartisan) |

10.2

| 36,960

| N. Baxter Ennis (Nonpartisan) |

9.6

| 34,499

| Patricia King (Nonpartisan) |

9.4

| 34,068

| Les Smith Jr. (Nonpartisan) |

9.3

| 33,647

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| Santiera Brown-Yearling (Nonpartisan) |

7.8

| 28,280

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| Susan Vitale (Nonpartisan) |

5.3

| 19,054

| Karen Moultrie (Nonpartisan) |

2.1

| 7,498

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| B.D. Knowles (Nonpartisan) |

1.6

| 5,947

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| Brian Economy (Nonpartisan) |

1.4

| 4,887
|  | Other/Write-in votes|

0.3

| 987

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| Total votes: 360,975

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# Additional elections on the ballot[edit]

See also: Virginia elections, 2022

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##### June 21, 2022

* Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
* Virginia's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022

##### November 8, 2022

* Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
* Virginia's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022
* City elections in Virginia Beach, Virginia (2022)
* City elections in Norfolk, Virginia (2022)
* City elections in Chesapeake, Virginia (2022)
* Virginia Beach City Public Schools, Virginia, elections (2022)
* Norfolk Public Schools, Virginia, elections (2022)
* Chesapeake Public Schools, Virginia, elections (2022)

## What was at stake?[edit]

### Report a story for this election[edit]

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## About the city[edit]

See also: Chesapeake, Virginia

Chesapeake is a city located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is considered a county equivalent. As of 2020, its population was 249,422.

### City government[edit]

See also: Council-manager government

The city of Chesapeake 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[edit]

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for Chesapeake, Virginia

| Chesapeake | Virginia
Population | 249,422 | 8,631,393
Land area (sq mi) | 338 | 39,481
Race and ethnicity**
White | 59.7% | 66.3%
Black/African American | 29.7% | 19%
Asian | 3.4% | 6.7%
Native American | 0.2% | 0.3%
Pacific Islander | 0% | 0.1%
Other (single race) | 1.8% | 2.8%
Multiple | 5.2% | 4.8%
Hispanic/Latino | 6.5% | 9.5%
Education
High school graduation rate | 93.2% | 90.3%
College graduation rate | 34.6% | 39.5%
Income
Median household income | $81,261 | $76,398
Persons below poverty level | 7.5% | 10%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020).
**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.

## See also[edit]

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## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ City of Chesapeake, "Plan of Government," accessed August 26, 2014

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