Levar Stoney
| Levar Stoney | |
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| 80th Mayor of Richmond, Virginia | |
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Assumed office December 31, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Dwight C. Jones |
| Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia | |
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In office January 17, 2014 – April 15, 2016 |
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| Governor | Terry McAuliffe |
| Preceded by | Janet Vestal Kelly |
| Succeeded by | Kelly Thomasson |
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Levar Marcus Stoney March 20, 1981 Long Island, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | James Madison University |
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| Website | Government website |
Levar Marcus Stoney (born March 20, 1981) is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Virginia and the 80th and current mayor of Richmond, Virginia. He served as the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia from 2014 through 2016, becoming the first African American to serve in this role and the youngest member of Governor Terry McAuliffe's administration.
Stoney was born in Long Island, New York, and when 7 years old moved with his younger brother to Virginia's Hampton Roads area. His parents never married; Stoney and his siblings were raised by their father (who supported the family via various low-wage jobs, and eventually became a high school janitor) and grandmother (a retired domestic worker).
At Tabb High School in Tabb, Virginia, Stoney became quarterback on the school's football team, and also president of the student body (as he had in elementary and middle school). In 2004 Stoney graduated from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where he was the first African-American male ever elected president of the Student Government, and involved with the school's College Democrats chapter.
In 2016 Stoney divorced his wife of four years.
In the summer following his graduation from James Madison University in 2004, Stoney served as a Governor's Fellow in Mark Warner's administration. Stoney then worked as an organizer in John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign as well as for the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Party of Wisconsin (as discussed below); then in the 2005 Virginia Attorney General election worked for Creigh Deeds, who narrowly lost.
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