Final candidate roundup for Council, School Board and Mayor

The Times-Dispatch has complete lists of the City Council and School Board candidates who met the filing deadline, as well as a look at the seven mayoral candidates. In the Third District, which covers most of North Richmond, the final candidates are: City Council: Jonathan Davis, Chris A. Hilbert (incumbent) School Board: Norma H. Murdoch-Kitt, Carol A.O. Wolf […]

June 11, 2008; 2:29 AM • by North Richmond News

The Times-Dispatch has complete lists of the City Council and School Board candidates who met the filing deadline, as well as a look at the seven mayoral candidates.

In the Third District, which covers most of North Richmond, the final candidates are:

City Council: Jonathan Davis, Chris A. Hilbert (incumbent)

School Board: Norma H. Murdoch-Kitt, Carol A.O. Wolf (incumbent)

On the mayoral front, the Times-Dispatch says seven people met the filing deadline:

Rodney D.C. Barnes — South Richmond resident and owner of Tri-Coastal Management Group, a residential and commercial contracting company based in Colonial Heights.

Paul Goldman — Lawyer, former state Democratic Party chairman. Former longtime aide to Mayor L. Douglas Wilder, he helped craft the new independent mayor’s office. Ran unsuccessfully for the City Council in 2006.

Robert J. Grey Jr. — Lawyer and former American Bar Association president is leading effort to oversee recommendations for regional improvement.

L. Shirley Harvey — South Richmonder and City Council member from 1994 to 1996, representing the 6th District. Ran unsuccessfully for state House in 2005.

Dwight Clinton Jones — Represents 70th District in House of Delegates as a Democrat. Pastor, First Baptist Church in South Richmond. Former chairman and member of the Richmond School Board.

William J. Pantele — Lawyer and Richmond City Council president for the past two years. Has represented North Side’s 2nd District on the council since 2001.

Lawrence E. Williams Sr. — Architect and resident of Church Hill. Finished fourth in a four-way race for mayor in 2004. Has run unsuccessfully for the City Council.

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