Chesapeake City Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026

Scott is a healthcare professional and former PTA president who first got involved as a parent speaking up at school board meetings, per the campaign site. She was first elected to the Chesapeake School Board in November 2022, served as vice chair in 2025, and became board chair in January 2026, per the campaign site.

McCormick is an attorney and small business owner who founded McCormick Law & Consulting and previously served five years on the Chesapeake Planning Commission, per his campaign site. He is a sitting School Board member seeking re-election and chairs the board of the Roc Solid Foundation, a nonprofit supporting pediatric cancer families.

Nolen holds a bachelor's degree in finance from Old Dominion University and an MBA, and has spent 18 years in defense-industry business roles, most recently focused on space innovation, per her campaign site.

Bruce E. Bossuot is an Army veteran, former Chesapeake deputy sheriff and retired Chesapeake Public Schools educator with more than 20 years in the classroom, running for Chesapeake School Board, per the campaign site.

Cassidy is a retired Navy officer with 22 years of leadership experience who settled in Chesapeake with his wife and three children, per the campaign site. He says the city's schools made his family feel at home, per the campaign site.

Quillin is a lifelong educator and public health advocate who has spent her career in healthcare and higher education, teaching and mentoring future healthcare leaders, per the campaign site. She is a mother of two, per the campaign site.

Fauntleroy is a community advocate and grandmother with more than 40 years in public school education, having worked as a classroom teacher, instructional coach, teacher trainer, and community outreach coordinator, per the campaign site. She holds a graduate degree from Cornell University, per the campaign site.

Clayton L. Spruill currently serves as a member of the Chesapeake Planning Commission and is a retired administrator from Chesapeake Public Schools, per his campaign site. He has served as a board member for the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and the Department of Conservation and Recreation, per his campaign site. He is a Doctoral of Education candidate at Regent University, with an anticipated 2026 graduation, and earned a Master of Education in Educational Leadership from Regent University in 2001, per his campaign site.

Nichelle Buffalow is a lifelong Chesapeake resident, raised in the Crestwood community, and a former City of Chesapeake employee, per WAVY-TV's candidate questionnaire. She has led Buffalow Family and Friends, a Chesapeake nonprofit combating food insecurity and serving seniors, youth and families, for the past 17 years, per WAVY-TV. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.

Newins was elected to Chesapeake City Council in November 2022 as the youngest council member in the city's history, per the campaign site. A James Madison University graduate in mathematics and justice studies, she worked as a 9-1-1 dispatcher and a prosecutor for the City of Chesapeake before becoming a civil litigation and criminal law attorney at Poole Brooke Plumlee PC, per the campaign site.

Whitaker is a lifelong Chesapeake resident and small business owner who is president of D2W Electric, Inc. and holds a master electrician's license, per search-indexed campaign background. He is a sitting City Council member, confirmed on the city's official website.

Eric Vaughn Wray II has more than 25 years of experience in the funeral industry and holds dual licenses as a Licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer in Virginia and North Carolina, per his campaign site. He served in the U.S. He was appointed in 2011 by Governor Bob McDonnell and reappointed in 2023 by Governor Glenn Youngkin to the Virginia State Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, where he currently serves as a board member, per his campaign site.