NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Kenny Alexander has won another term as Norfolk’s mayor, defeating two challengers.

Alexander, with early voting, Election Day and mailed absentee ballots counted as of 3 a.m., has won nearly 60% of the vote, with Tommy Leeman Jr. taking 33.77% of the vote and Gio Dolmo 6.36%.

In the Superward 6 City Council race, Jeremy McGee beat Jeremy Mason, winning with 69.53% of the vote. Superward 7’s council race was much closer, with three candidates winning at least 20% of the vote, with Carlos Clanton getting 22.98% of the vote to Phillip Hawkins’ 22.72%, with Rodney Jordan getting 21.81%, Christine Smith at 19.03% and Leon Judge 13.47%. Clanton and Hawkins are separated by just 87 votes.

For school board, Sara DiCalogero received 54.03% of the vote to Rebecca Topping’s 45.97% in Superward 6, while in Superward 7, Alfreda Thomas received 67.81% to Ronald White’s 32.19%.

Voting in Norfolk? Here’s what you’ll see on the ballot for the 2024 election.

Of course there’s the big races for president, one of Virginia’s U.S. Senate seats, and for the congressional seat long held by Rep. Bobby Scott, but there’s also a three-person competition for Norfolk mayor and some other local races you’ll want to read up on before you head to the polls.

Some races like the one for mayor are of course on every ballot citywide, but others will only be on the ballot for those who live in certain areas of the city.

Polls in Virginia close at 7 p.m. on Nov. 5. Voters in line by 7 p.m. will be able to vote. After the polls close, as results are tabulated, they will be updated below.

Norfolk Mayor

Incumbent Mayor Kenny Alexander (since 2016) is facing off against two competitors in the 2024 election: Thomas Leeman, Jr., a Norfolk native and longtime electrician, and Giovanni Dolmo, a veteran and pastor who previously ran for the Virginia General Assembly as a Republican and independent candidate.

WAVY News 10’s Brett Hall reached out to the mayoral candidates for an in-depth interview ahead of Election Day. He caught up with Dolmo and Leeman. Click on their names above to view the full interviews with the candidates.

City Council

There are just two council races in 2024, for the city’s two super wards. Superward 6 wraps around the left edge of the city and includes Downtown Norfolk and Ghent, wrapping up around to Naval Station Norfolk, Willoughby Spit and most of Ocean View.

That race pits attorney Jeremy Mason against Jeremy McGee, a media company president who founded the Four Eleven York inn and restaurant in Freemason. Andria McClellan has held the seat since 2016, but announced she wasn’t seeking reelection.

Norfolk superwards mapDownload

Meanwhile there are several candidates running to represent Superward 7, after Councilwoman Danica Royster announced she wasn’t seeking reelection. It’s comprised mostly of the eastern part of the city. You can read the candidate profiles for each of the council candidates below:

Norfolk School Board

In Superward 6, Rebecca Topping, the secretary of the Blair Middle School PTA and member of the Maury Boosters Club, is running against Sarah DiCalogero, a former Norfolk Public Schools teacher and current faculty member at Tidewater Community College.

In Superward 7, Alfreda Thomas, a Granby High alum and member of the Norfolk Redevelopment Housing Authority Resident Advisory Board, is running against Norfolk State grad and longtime educator Ronald White.

In Norfolk’s Ward 5 (Ocean View area), Ken Paulson, a military veteran, is running unopposed in the special election for that school board seat.

Also on citywide ballot

Democrat Bobby Scott, who’s held the Virginia’s 3rd Congressional District seat since 1993, is running against Republican John Sitka, III.

Constitutional amendment for Virginia

Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended so that the tax exemption that is currently available to the surviving spouses of soldiers killed in action is also available to the surviving spouses of soldiers who died in the line of duty?2024 proposed Virginia constitutional amendment

2024 proposed Virginia constitutional amendment

You can see the full sample ballots for your particular district.

Voting on Election Day

Polls are open in Virginia from 6 a.m. until 7 p.m. on Election Day.

Anyone in line by 7 p.m. on Election Day will be able to vote. Accessible and curbside voting is available by request.

Be sure to bring an eligible ID with you when you show up at your assigned polling place. You can look up your polling location at this link.

Voter Resources

Virginia is an open primary state, meaning voters don’t have to be registered with a party ahead of time to participate in that party’s primary. Though they will have to pick one party’s ballot when they do go to vote. Those will also include races for any nonpartisan local positions.

Who can vote?

To register to vote in Virginia, you must meet these criteria, according to the Virginia Department of Elections.

  • Be a resident of Virginia (a person who has come to Virginia for temporary purposes and intends to return to another state is not considered a resident for voting purposes).
  • Be a U. S. Citizen.
  • Be 18 years old (any person who is 17 years old and will be eighteen years of age at the next general election shall be permitted to register in advance and also vote in any intervening primary or special election).
  • Not be registered and plan to vote in another state.
  • Not currently declared mentally incompetent by a court of law.
  • If convicted of a felony, your right to vote must have been restored.

Those without a valid Virginia Driver’s license or state ID can still vote by signing an ID statement affirming their identity or vote via provisional ballot.

For instructions to register to vote and to register, click here.