![]() ![]() ![]() Republican Steve Poppick received 364 votes. Verran received the most votes, 672, followed by Beauchamp with 472. In Oak Ridge's District 7, newcomers Sabra Beauchamp, a Republican, and Democrat Steve Verran won election to the two seats vacated by Commissioners Jerry Creasey and Theresa Scott deciding to not seek re-election. Allen and Mead are Republicans while Denenberg is an Independent. In Oak Ridge's District 6, newcomer Anthony Allen beat Commissioner Steve Mead by a vote of 443 to 428, while incumbent Commissioner Catherine Denenberg was the top vote getter with 475 votes. In District 5, incumbents Robert McKamey and Jerry White, the lone candidates for their two seats, received 471 and 500 votes, respectively. Challenger Amy Jones, also a Republican, got 363 votes. Isbel received 558 votes, while Vowell received 423. In District 4, incumbents Tim Isbel, a Republican, and Shain Vowell, an Independent, won re-election. Vandagriff replaces Commissioner Denver Waddell who chose not to seek re-election. Challenger Lindsay Smith, a Republican, lost with 710 votes. In District 3, current Commission Chairman Joshua Anderson, an Independent, was the top winner with 1,006 votes, followed by newcomer Shelly Vandagriff, a Republican with 911. Foster and Palmer are Republicans, Stonecipher an Independent.įoster and Palmer replace Robert Jameson and Rick Meredith, who both chose not to seek re-election this year. Foster was the top vote-getter with 725 votes, followed by Palmer with 267 and Stonecipher with 177. Stonecipher for the two Commission seats. In District 2, Michael Foster and Denise Palmer beat out retired Anderson County Director of Schools V.L. Jennings and Mayes are Republicans, Wandell, an Independent. Challenger Rodney Jennings received 485 votes. Wandell received 630 votes and Mayes, 553. In District 1, incumbent Commissioner Tracy Wandell and newcomer Tyler Mayes were elected to the two seats on Commission, one seat vacated by Commissioner Chuck Fritts, who chose not to seek re-election. The vote numbers listed in this story are taken from the Anderson County Election Commission website unless noted otherwise. This was the first general election in which county commission candidates declared a party affiliation. “I am certainly in a position to run for anything,” Anderson said.Incumbents were the winners for most of the local races in the Anderson County General Election last Thursday, but residents will see some new faces on the County Commission, particularly for the Oak Ridge seats. “If that means I’m exiting state government and doing something locally or federally next year, so be it,” he said. He said his main priorities are finishing his current term and looking out for his party by not challenging Republican incumbents this year. “I’d be honored to, and maybe if I was in a different stage of life, I’d consider that.” ![]() “That’s just not going to materialize,” Anderson said. While there has been speculation about him running for the Commonwealth’s Attorney seat in that county, he said that would require him to move and uproot his family. In recent months, he has been publicly outspoken about how a Chesterfield County top prosecutor handled a prostitution-related case that involves a Virginia Beach pastor. “I believe there is something better for me to do, but I don’t know what that something better is right now.” He is considering a few options for his next steps. He first announced that he wouldn’t seek reelection on his Facebook page Tuesday morning.īloxom lives in the Parksley area on the Eastern Shore and has represented the district since 2014.Īnderson, a Virginia Beach criminal defense attorney and gun shop owner, was elected in 2021 as a political newcomer. ![]()
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