Follow all coverage of Richmond’s 2026 election cycle, including mayoral and city council races, candidate announcements, campaign developments, and updates shaping the city’s political landscape.
Election'26
Follow all coverage of Richmond’s 2026 election cycle, including mayoral and city council races, candidate announcements, campaign developments, and updates shaping the city’s political landscape.
Demnlus Johnson is a fourth-generation Richmond resident. He grew up in the Iron Triangle, went to Howard University in Washington, D.C., and came straight back. He has never seriously considered leaving.
“I didn’t stay in D.C., I didn’t move to another city,” Johnson said. “I
Ahmad Anderson has lived in Richmond’s Laurel Park neighborhood for more than 55 years and built a career in community advocacy and workforce development. He is running for mayor on a platform that ties public safety, housing, and economic opportunity into what he calls a “people-centered” vision for
Richmond City Councilmember Soheila Bana is seeking a second term representing District 4, pointing to her work on wildfire preparedness and public safety while drawing on a personal history shaped by political repression in Iran.
Bana came of age during the 1979 Iranian revolution, part of a generation that found
Richmond City Councilmember Soheila Bana is seeking a second term representing District 4, pointing to her work on wildfire preparedness and public safety while drawing on a personal history shaped by political repression in Iran.
Bana came of age during the 1979 Iranian revolution, part of a generation that found
Demnlus Johnson is a fourth-generation Richmond resident. He grew up in the Iron Triangle, went to Howard University in Washington, D.C., and came straight back. He has never seriously considered leaving.
“I didn’t stay in D.C., I didn’t move to another city,” Johnson said. “I
Ahmad Anderson has lived in Richmond’s Laurel Park neighborhood for more than 55 years and built a career in community advocacy and workforce development. He is running for mayor on a platform that ties public safety, housing, and economic opportunity into what he calls a “people-centered” vision for
Jamin Pursell is running for the District 4 seat on the Richmond City Council, seeking a rematch against incumbent Soheila Bana, and says his years of involvement in local Democratic politics and city and county commissions give him a deep understanding of how Richmond government works.
A longtime figure in
Doria Robinson grew up on Fifth and Nevin in the 1980s, when the crack epidemic was tearing through her neighborhood, and drive-by shootings were routine.
“My friends I grew up with did not make it,” she said. “Most of them.”
Now a sitting Richmond City Councilmember seeking a second
Brandon Evans is running for the District 3 seat on the Richmond City Council, an independent candidate who says his decade of hands-on experience inside city and county government sets him apart in the race.
Evans, 34, is challenging incumbent Doria Robinson. He currently serves as chief executive of
The last time Cesar Zepeda's political future hung in the balance, it took a name pulled from a bag and then a recount to settle things. This time, nobody challenged him at all.
Zepeda secured reelection to his District 2 seat on the Richmond City Council without opposition
Richmond City Councilmember Claudia Jiménez appears to have entered the city's mayoral race, posting a campaign announcement graphic to her Facebook page early Wednesday morning, setting up a potential intra-party contest with incumbent Mayor Eduardo Martinez, both members of the Richmond Progressive Alliance, ahead of the June
