Mayoral elections in Norfolk, Virginia
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Mayoral elections in Norfolk, Virginia are held every four years to elect the mayor of Norfolk, Virginia. The Norfolk mayor has been elected by popular vote since 2006.
All Norfolk municipal elections are required to be non-partisan, but most candidates can be affiliated with political parties. The elections occur in line with presidential election years after shifting from midterm years in 2016.
2006
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May 2, 2006
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| Turnout | 18.26%[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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The Norfolk mayoral election of 2006 took place on May 2, 2006. Voters elected the Mayor of Norfolk. This was the first popular election for mayor of Norfolk since 1916.[2] It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Paul D. Fraim.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Paul D. Fraim (incumbent) | 15,015 | 77.8 | |
| Nonpartisan | Daniel E. Montague | 4,177 | 21.6 | |
| Write-In | Write-ins | 106 | 0.5 | |
| Total votes | 19,298 | |||
2010
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May 4, 2010
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| Turnout | 22.34%[4]  4.08 pp[5] | ||||||||||||||||
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The Norfolk mayoral election of 2010 took place on May 4, 2010. Voters elected the Mayor of Norfolk. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Paul D. Fraim.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Paul D. Fraim (incumbent) | 16,688 | 63.5 | |
| Nonpartisan | Daun Sessoms Hester | 7,992 | 30.4 | |
| Nonpartisan | Daniel E. Montague | 804 | 3.1 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ryan Patrick Cooper | 721 | 2.7 | |
| Write-In | Write-ins | 56 | 0.2 | |
| Total votes | 26,261 | |||
2014
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May 6, 2014
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| Turnout | 13.65%[7]  8.69 pp[8] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The Norfolk mayoral election of 2014 took place on May 7, 2014. Voters elected the Mayor of Norfolk. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Paul D. Fraim.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Paul D. Fraim (incumbent) | 11,252 | 71.0 | |
| Nonpartisan | Michael Jerrell Muhammad | 2,555 | 16.1 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jane Eileen Bethel | 1,869 | 11.8 | |
| Write-in | 161 | 1% | ||
| Total votes | 15,837 | |||
2016
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May 3, 2016
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| Turnout | 27.56%[10] 13.91 pp[11] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 2016 Norfolk Mayoral Election with results colored by precinct. Green for Kenny Alexander, orange for Andy A. Protogyrou, and purple for Robert James McCabe. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The Norfolk mayoral election of 2016 took place on May 3, 2016. Voters elected the Mayor of Norfolk. It saw the election of Kenny Alexander.
Alexander became the first African American mayor of Norfolk.[12]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Kenny Alexander | 16,397 | 51.7 | |
| Nonpartisan | Andy A. Protogyrou | 8,022 | 25.3 | |
| Nonpartisan | Robert James McCabe | 7,276 | 22.9 | |
| Write-in | 30 | 0.1 | ||
| Total votes | 31,725 | |||
2020
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May 19, 2020
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| Turnout | 9.63%[15] 17.93 pp[16] | ||||||||||||||||
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The Norfolk mayoral election of 2020 took place on May 19, 2020. Voters elected the Mayor of Norfolk, Virginia, United States. It saw the election of incumbent mayor Kenny Alexander, who ran unopposed.
Alexander became the first African American mayor of Norfolk to be re-elected following his initial election in 2016, 4 years earlier.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Kenny Alexander | 12,252 | 95.6 | |
| Write-in | 560 | 4.4 | ||
| Total votes | 12,812 | |||