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2016 Chesapeake elections

Election dates
Filing deadline: N/A
General election: May 3, 2016
Election stats
Offices up: City council
Total seats up: 4

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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. Mayor Alan P. Krasnoff was unopposed in his re-election bid, while incumbents and former council members faced off for Chesapeake's three at-large city council seats. Economic issues were debated leading up to the election, in particular what to do about the defunct Indian River Shopping Center. Read more about the issues that were at play in this election below.

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## Contents

* 1 Elections
* 2 General election
* 2.1 Mayor of Chesapeake
* 2.2 At-large City Council
* 3 Campaign finance
* 3.1 Issues
* 3.1.1 Mayor Krasnoff unopposed for re-election
* 3.1.2 Incumbents and former members face off in council races
* 3.2 About the city
* 3.2.1 City government
* 3.2.2 Demographics
* 3.3 Recent news
* 3.4 See also
* 3.5 External links
* 3.6 Footnotes

## Elections[edit]

# General election[edit]

#### Mayor of Chesapeake[edit]

☑ Alan P. Krasnoff (i)

#### At-large City Council[edit]

☑ Robert C. Ike, Jr. (i)
☑ Debbie Ritter (i)
☑ Rick West (i)
☐ Dwight Parker
☐ David Washington
☐ Gene Waters

# Campaign finance[edit]

Mayoral campaign finance amounts as of March 8, 2016[1]

Candidate  | Contributions
Alan P. Krasnoff | $90,469
City council campaign finance amounts as of March 8, 2016[1]

Candidate  | Contributions
Robert C. Ike, Jr. | $25,658
Debbie Ritter | $0
Rick West | $0
Dwight Parker | $0
David Washington | $0
Gene Waters | $0

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## Issues[edit]

### Mayor Krasnoff unopposed for re-election[edit]

Mayor Alan P. Krasnoff faced no challengers in his 2016 re-election bid. Krasnoff was first elected to the Chesapeake City Council in 1990 and became mayor of Chesapeake in 2008.[2]

### Incumbents and former members face off in council races[edit]

Six candidates vied for three at-large spots on the Chesapeake City Council. All candidates appeared on the ballot together, and the three who received the most votes were elected.[2]

In addition to incumbents Robert Ike, Debbie Ritter, and Rick West, two former councilmembers ran for election in 2016. Dwight Parker previously served on the city council for fifteen years, and Gene Waters was on the council for four years before losing three consecutive elections. Of the six candidates running, only David Washington had never served on the council. Washington had never before ran for election to a council seat.[2]

## 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 2010, its population was 222,209.

### 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.[3]

### Demographics[edit]

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

Demographic Data for Chesapeake, Virginia

| Chesapeake | Virginia
Population | 222,209 | 8,001,024
Land area (sq mi) | 338 | 39,481
Race and ethnicity**
White | 61.1% | 67.6%
Black/African American | 30% | 19.2%
Asian | 3.2% | 6.4%
Native American | 0.2% | 0.3%
Pacific Islander | 0.1% | 0.1%
Other (single race) | 1.5% | 2.6%
Multiple | 4% | 3.8%
Hispanic/Latino | 6.2% | 9.4%
Education
High school graduation rate | 92.1% | 89.7%
College graduation rate | 33.2% | 38.8%
Income
Median household income | $78,640 | $74,222
Persons below poverty level | 8.6% | 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.

## Recent news[edit]

The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms Chesapeake Virginia election. These results are automatically generated from Google. Ballotpedia does not curate or endorse these articles.

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## See also[edit]

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## External links[edit]

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## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Virginia Public Access Project, "Chesapeake City," 2016
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Virginian-Pilot, "Two dozen candidates file for offices in Norfolk, Chesapeake," March 1, 2016
3. ↑ City of Chesapeake, "Plan of Government," accessed August 26, 2014

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