Bob Dyer
2018 - Present
2025
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Bob Dyer is the Mayor of Virginia Beach. He assumed office on November 20, 2018. His current term ends on January 1, 2025.
Dyer is running for re-election for Mayor of Virginia Beach. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024.[source]
Dyer is a former member of the Virginia Beach City Council in Virginia, representing the District of Centerville. He was first elected to the council in 2004.[1]
Dyer is affiliated with the Republican Party.[2][3]
Biography
Dyer obtained a bachelor's degree in physical therapy from Saint Louis University, a master's degree in public administration from Fairleigh Dickinson University, and a Ph.D. in organizational leadership from Regent University. His professional experience includes working as a physical therapist and an assistant professor in the School of Government at Regent University.[4][5]
Elections
2024
See also: Mayoral election in Virginia Beach, Virginia (2024)
General election
The general election will occur on November 5, 2024.
General election for Mayor of Virginia Beach
The following candidates are running in the general election for Mayor of Virginia Beach on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | ||
 | Bob Dyer (Nonpartisan) | |
 | Richard Kowalewitch (Nonpartisan) | |
 | John Moss (Nonpartisan)  | |
 | Chris Taylor (Nonpartisan) | |
 | Cheryl Turpin (Nonpartisan) | |
 | Sabrina Wooten (Nonpartisan) | |
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2020
See also: Mayoral election in Virginia Beach, Virginia (2020)
General election
General election for Mayor of Virginia Beach
Incumbent Bob Dyer defeated Jody Wagner and Richard Kowalewitch in the general election for Mayor of Virginia Beach on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bob Dyer (Nonpartisan) | 51.6 | 113,567 |
 | Jody Wagner (Nonpartisan) | 43.8 | 96,400 | |
| Richard Kowalewitch (Nonpartisan) | 4.4 | 9,570 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 387 | ||
| Total votes: 219,924 | |||
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2018
General election
Special general election for Mayor of Virginia Beach
Bob Dyer defeated Ben Davenport in the special general election for Mayor of Virginia Beach on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bob Dyer (Nonpartisan) | 51.8 | 82,201 |
 | Ben Davenport (Nonpartisan) | 47.7 | 75,693 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 789 | ||
| Total votes: 158,683 | |||
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2016
The city of Virginia Beach, Virginia, held elections for mayor and four city council seats on November 8, 2016. Candidates interested in seeking these offices had to file with the city's voter registrar by June 14, 2016.[6][7] Incumbent Bob Dyer ran unopposed in the Virginia Beach City Council nonpartisan general election for the Centerville District seat.
| Virginia Beach City Council, Centerville District General Election, 2016 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Bob Dyer Incumbent (unopposed) |
97.92% | 137,514 |
| Write-in votes | 2.08% | 2,928 |
| Total Votes | 140,442 | |
| Source: City of Virginia Beach, "Election Information & Results," accessed November 29, 2016 | ||
Campaign themes
2024
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2020
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Noteworthy events
Events and activity following the death of George Floyd
Dyer was mayor of Virginia Beach during the weekend of May 29-31, 2020, when events and activity took place in cities across the U.S. following the death of George Floyd. Events in Virginia Beach, Virginia, took place on Sunday, May 31, 2020.[8] Protests in the larger Hampton Roads area began on Friday, May 29, 2020.[9] No curfews were issued in Virginia Beach over the weekend. The national guard was not deployed.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Facebook, "Virginia Beach Mayor Bobby Dyer," November 21, 2018
- ↑ Smart Cities Dive, "Incumbents largely maintain leadership in US mayoral races," updated November 18, 2020
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Virginia Beach tornado brings end to Something in the Water festival," May 1, 2023
- ↑ Virginia Beach City Council, "Biography," accessed August 13, 2014
- ↑ VB.gov, "Mayor," accessed February 3, 2019
- ↑ City of Virginia Beach Voter Registrar, "Elected Offices and Terms," accessed August 13, 2015
- ↑ The Virginian-Pilot, "Find out who's running for Virginia Beach mayor and City Council," June 14, 2016
- ↑ WTKR, "Protests continue in Hampton Roads over George Floyd’s death," June 2, 2020
- ↑ WTKR, "Local groups organize protests in Hampton Roads after death of George Floyd," May 29, 2020
- ↑ Washington Post, "The death of George Floyd: What video and other records show about his final minutes," May 30, 2020
- ↑ The New York Times, "8 Minutes and 46 Seconds: How George Floyd Was Killed in Police Custody," May 31, 2020
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 USA Today, "Medical examiner and family-commissioned autopsy agree: George Floyd's death was a homicide," June 1, 2020
- ↑ Associated Press, "Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death," April 20, 2021
- ↑ CNN, "Protests across America after George Floyd's death," accessed June 2, 2020
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Mayor of Virginia Beach 2018-Present |
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Virginia Beach City Council District Centerville 2004-2018 |
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