Vernon Lamont Tillage, Jr.
Candidate for Portsmouth City Council
Background
- Occupation
- Portsmouth City Council member; community affairs coordinator, Virginia Natural Gas
- Campaign website
- vernontillage.com
A Portsmouth City Council member since 2023 who previously served on the Portsmouth School Board (2021-2022). He is a community affairs project coordinator for Virginia Natural Gas.
Documented positions
Taxes & budget
Proposes lower real estate tax rates and wider relief.
ReportPortsmouth City Council election: Meet the candidatesCandidate questionnaire · The Daily Press and The Virginian-Pilot (via Yahoo News) · yahoo.com
“we must lower real estate tax rates and expand our relief programs”
Housing
Proposes city land and zoning incentives for workforce housing.
ReportPortsmouth City Council election: Meet the candidatesCandidate questionnaire · The Daily Press and The Virginian-Pilot (via Yahoo News) · yahoo.com
“we should leverage city-owned land and zoning incentives to create designated workforce housing”
Economy & jobs
Supports minority and women-owned business goals for waterfront contracts.
ReportPortsmouth City Council election: Meet the candidatesCandidate questionnaire · The Daily Press and The Virginian-Pilot (via Yahoo News) · yahoo.com
“I support mandating robust minority and women-owned business enterprises participation goals for upcoming waterfront contracts”
Roads & infrastructure
Proposes freezing automatic water and sewer rate hikes.
ReportPortsmouth City Council election: Meet the candidatesCandidate questionnaire · The Daily Press and The Virginian-Pilot (via Yahoo News) · yahoo.com
“we must freeze automatic water and sewage rate hikes and aggressively secure state and federal grants to cover infrastructure mandates”
Other issues in this race
Other candidates in this race addressed these topics. We found no documented position from Vernon Lamont Tillage, Jr. on them.
- Public safetyNo documented position found.
- Government & transparencyNo documented position found.
All sources (4)
- Sample ballot, November 3, 2026 General and Special Elections (City of Portsmouth)
Election filing · City of Portsmouth Office of the General Registrar · content.civicplus.com
- November 3, 2026, General and Special Elections Information (candidates and referendum, 8/28/2026)
Election filing · City of Portsmouth Office of the General Registrar · content.civicplus.com
- Candidate list, November 3, 2026 General Election: City of Portsmouth (all offices)
Election filing · Virginia Department of Elections · elections.virginia.gov
- Portsmouth City Council election: Meet the candidates
Candidate questionnaire · The Daily Press and The Virginian-Pilot (via Yahoo News) · yahoo.com
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