The Cost of Winning Local Elections


Note: Based on spending in 2021. Arlington, which has a unique County Board form of government, is listed with Board of Supervisors.
Virginia law exempts candidates from filing campaign finance reports if they do not accept contributions from others, and do not raise or spend more than $1,000 of their own money.

VPAP could find no campaign finance reports on file with the state Board of Elections for the following winning candidates:

  • Joyce Prince, Emporia City Commissioner of Revenue
  • Dennis Prince, Emporia City Sheriff
  • Malvina Kay, Fredericksburg City School Board
  • Roy Lloyd, Halifax County School Board
  • Robert Zava, Lunenburg County Board of Supervisors
  • Aubrey Craven, Lunenburg County School Board
  • George Cheape, Nelson County School Board
  • Margaret Clair, Nelson County School Board
  • David Guzy, Page County Board of Supervisors
  • Jeffery Vaughan, Page County Board of Supervisors
  • Keith Weakley, Page County Board of Supervisors
  • Janet Jones, Radford City Treasurer
  • Jacqueline Lohr, Rockingham County School Board
  • Roscoe Call, Smyth County Board of Supervisors
  • Samuel Widener, Smyth County Board of Supervisors
  • Roger Frye, Smyth County School Board
  • Paul Grinstead, Smyth County School Board
  • Todd Williams, Smyth County School Board
    • Jan. 22, 2022