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The Richmond City Council is a unicameral body consisting of nine members, each elected to represent a geographic district. The city of Richmond is located in the 13th Judicial Circuit of Virginia, and its court system consists of a circuit court and four district courts.
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Richmond, Virginia, held a general election on November 3, 2020. Voters elected the mayor of Richmond, Virginia, members of the Richmond City Council, and several other local officials. The incumbent, Levar Stoney, who was elected in 2016, ran for reelection, facing five challengers. While local races in Virginia are officially nonpartisan ...
Richmond's original City Hall building, used from 1814 to 1874 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 .
The 2024 Richmond mayoral election took place on November 5, 2024, to elect the mayor of Richmond, Virginia. The election was won by Danny Avula who will take office as the city's 81st mayor in January 2025. [ 1 ]
Some members of Richmond City Council said they've heard complaints from officers about low morale that began during the civil unrest of 2020 and continued under the leadership of Police Chief ...
The council chose him as vice-mayor in 1970. (At that time, the nine at-large city council members elected the mayor and vice-mayor from among them.) In the 1970s, activist Curtis Holt St. challenged Richmond's plan to annex more territory from Chesterfield County, as designed to dilute the voting power of African American citizens.
The Mayor of the City of Richmond, Virginia is head of the executive branch of Richmond, Virginia's city government. The mayor 's office administers all city services, public property, police and fire protection, and most public agencies, and enforces all city, state and federal laws within Richmond, Virginia.