Levar Stoney
Levar Marcus Stoney (born March 20, 1981) is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Virginia and the 80th mayor of Richmond, Virginia. He served as the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia from 2014 through 2016, the youngest member of Governor Terry McAuliffe's administration. Early and personal life Stoney was born on Long Island, New York. When he was seven years old, he moved with his younger brother to Virginia's Hampton Roads area. His parents never married; Stoney and his siblings were raised by their father (who supported the family via various low-wage jobs, and eventually became a high school janitor) and grandmother (a retired domestic worker). At Tabb High School in Tabb, Virginia, Stoney became quarterback on the school's football team, and also president of the student body (as he had in elementary and middle school). Stoney graduated from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, in 2004. He was the first African-American male elected presid ...
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List Of Mayors Of Richmond, Virginia
The Mayor of Richmond, Virginia, Mayor of Richmond is the chief executive of the government of Richmond, Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, as stipulated by the city's charter. This list includes Mayor of Richmond, Virginia, mayors who were appointed by the Richmond City Council (Richmond, Virginia), Richmond City Council as well as those who were elected by popular vote. The current Mayor of Richmond, Virginia, Mayor of Richmond and 80th in the sequence of regular officeholders is Democratic Party (United States), Democrat Levar Stoney who succeeded Dwight Clinton Jones, Dwight C. Jones, a Baptist pastor and former member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 2016. Jones was first elected in 2008, and won a second term in November 2012. History The City of Richmond was founded in 1737 by William Byrd II. In May 1782, the Virginia General Assembly expressed desire to move inland, to a place less exposed to British incursions than Williamsburg, Virginia, Williamsburg. Richmond had ...
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