13 candidates are tracked for Member School Board, Chesapeake City on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Janika N."Dr. Jay" Phillips, Kim A. Scott, John Michael McCormick, Mina A. Nolen, Bruce E. Bossuot, Mike J. Cassidy, Amanda F. Quillin, Antonia F. Fauntleroy, Andrea G. Bolden, Jeremiah O. Harrell, Alexiss M. McLain, Olivia E. Duran and Bradrick J. Fields. Candidate information follows official Chesapeake City election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
13 certified candidates for Member School Board, Chesapeake City on the November 3, 2026 ballot; Kim A. Scott and John Michael McCormick and Amanda F. Quillin are listed as the incumbent by the Department of Elections, per the Virginia Department of Elections' certified local candidate list (updated September 3, 2026). Virginia local offices are nonpartisan on the ballot unless a candidate was nominated by a party; the number of seats filled and the district lines come from the locality's own ballot.
School board member. The school board is the governing body of a public school district. It hires and evaluates the superintendent, adopts the district budget, sets policies on curriculum, discipline, attendance boundaries and facilities, and approves contracts and collective bargaining agreements. Day-to-day operations belong to the superintendent; the board sets direction and holds the administration accountable.
This race. Sitting officeholders on the ballot: Kim A. Scott, John Michael McCormick, Amanda F. Quillin.
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Janika N."Dr. Jay" Phillips is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Member School Board, Chesapeake City, per the Virginia Department of Elections' certified local candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
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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.
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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.
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Per the campaign site.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Per the campaign site.
Bolden holds a Master of Education degree and brings more than three decades in education to her candidacy, having served as a special education teacher, department chair and child study secretary, per her campaign site.
Jeremiah O. Harrell is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Member School Board, Chesapeake City, per the Virginia Department of Elections' certified local candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Alexiss M. McLain is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Member School Board, Chesapeake City, per the Virginia Department of Elections' certified local candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Olivia E. Duran is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Member School Board, Chesapeake City, per the Virginia Department of Elections' certified local candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Bradrick J. Fields is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Member School Board, Chesapeake City, per the Virginia Department of Elections' certified local candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Who is running for Member School Board, Chesapeake City in 2026?
13 candidates are tracked for Member School Board, Chesapeake City on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Janika N."Dr. Jay" Phillips, Kim A. Scott, John Michael McCormick, Mina A. Nolen, Bruce E. Bossuot, Mike J. Cassidy, Amanda F. Quillin, Antonia F. Fauntleroy, Andrea G. Bolden, Jeremiah O. Harrell, Alexiss M. McLain, Olivia E. Duran and Bradrick J. Fields. Candidate information follows official Chesapeake City election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
When is the Member School Board, Chesapeake City election in Virginia?
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Registration deadlines, early voting dates and mail ballot rules for Virginia are on the Virginia election hub at theballotbrief.com.
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Candidate roster from official Chesapeake city and state election office filings. Bios and priorities carry their attribution inline.
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