Jody Wagner
Jody Wagner ran for election for Mayor of Virginia Beach. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Wagner completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Jody Wagner was born in Canton, Ohio. She earned a bachelor's degree from Northwestern University and a J.D. from Vanderbilt University. Her professional experience includes working as the president and founder of Jody's Popcorn, serving as state treasurer under former Virginia Governor Mark Warner (D), and serving as the secretary of finance under former Governor Tim Kaine (D).[1]
Elections
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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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Jody Wagner completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Wagner's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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A small business owner, lawyer and community leader, Jody has been instrumental in helping Virginia and Virginia Beach succeed.
Currently, she is the President of Jody's Popcorn - a small business that employs over 35 people locally, that she started in her garage 15 years ago.
She served as State Treasurer under Former Governor Mark Warner and as Secretary of Finance in the Cabinet of Former Governor Tim Kaine.
Jody has been a board member of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation, the Virginia Port Authority, the Virginia Economic Development Partnership and the Virginia Housing and Development Agency. She served on the Board of Directors for Eastern Virginia Medical School. She currently serves as a member of the Governor's Advisory Council on Revenue Estimates and Chairwoman of the Tidewater Jewish Foundation.
Jody and her husband Dr. Alan Wagner have lived in Virginia Beach for 32 years, and have four married children and four grandchildren.
- Building a skilled workforce to develop and diversify the economy in Coastal Virginia
- Bolstering Virginia Beach's fight against COVID-19
- Creating a more resilient coastal community with innovative solutions to the flooding crisis
Jody is passionate about championing economic & workforce development, public education, affordable housing, transportation, and health care.
Jody was a cashier at a shoe store called Thom McAn.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 5, 2020
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