2 candidates are tracked for Member City Council, Cypress Borough on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Will J. Smith and Leroy Bennett. Candidate information follows official Suffolk City election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
2 certified candidates for Member City Council, Cypress Borough on the November 3, 2026 ballot; Leroy Bennett is 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. Only the seats for your town, ward or district appear on your ballot.
City council member. The council is the city's legislative body. It adopts the city budget and tax rate, passes ordinances on zoning, public safety, utilities and local services, and hires the city manager where the charter provides one. Members may represent a district or the whole city.
This race. The sitting officeholder, Leroy Bennett, is on the ballot.
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Independent
Per the campaign site.
Smith is a lifelong Suffolk resident who was named to Virginia Business magazine's 2026 Forty Under 40 list at age 30, per his campaign site. He describes himself as a community advocate seeking a Suffolk City Council seat representing Cypress Borough.
Independent Incumbent
Bennett has represented the Cypress Borough on the Suffolk City Council since 2014, after first being elected to the council in 1996 as the Nansemond Borough representative, per the City of Suffolk. He served as Vice Mayor from 2002 to 2006 and again from 2015 to 2022. Bennett is a retired general foreman at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation and served in the United States Navy. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Who is running for Member City Council, Cypress Borough in 2026?
2 candidates are tracked for Member City Council, Cypress Borough on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Will J. Smith and Leroy Bennett. Candidate information follows official Suffolk City election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
When is the Member City Council, Cypress Borough 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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