From the ballot to city hall: Harrisonburg elects first majority Black, female city council

Harrisonburg elected its first majority Black and first majority female city council on Tuesday.Democratic and Independent candidates swept the rac...

November 14, 2022
1:42 AM

Harrisonburg elected its first majority Black and first majority female city council on Tuesday.Democratic and Independent candidates swept the races, with current council member Christopher Jones (D), Dany Fleming (D) and Monica Robinson (D) winning the city council race and Emma Phillips and incumbents Andrew Kohen and Kristen Loflin winning the Harrisonburg City School Board. Provisional and some mail-in ballots have yet to be counted but aren't expected to change these results. Incumbent Ben Cline (R) defeated Jennifer Lewis (D) as the U.

Kasey Truzzano