City & town

Norfolk City Council

Ward 3

Vote for: 1
Term: 4 years
Candidates: 2
Election: Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: The city council sets City of Norfolk's budget, tax rates and ordinances and appoints the city manager.

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Sikaiadah Newton

No party listed

Teacher, Norfolk Public Schools; president of the Ballentine Place Civic League

The gist

Proposes developing all parts of Ward 3.
Supports more safeguards on Flock camera data.
Supports making data center developers fund infrastructure upgrades.
Pledges to decline endorsements and run a bottom-up campaign.

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Proposes developing all parts of Ward 3.
Candidates in Norfolk's two competitive council races talk experience, priorities
Interview · WHRO Public Media · Sep 24, 2026 · whro.org
“We need to develop the whole ward, and not just certain parts of the ward”
Supports more safeguards on Flock camera data.
Candidate Profile: Sikaiadah Newton (Norfolk City Council, Ward 3)
Candidate questionnaire · WAVY-TV 10 (via Yahoo News) · yahoo.com
“more safeguards need to be put into place on who can access the data, how long the data is kept”
Supports making data center developers fund infrastructure upgrades.
Candidate Profile: Sikaiadah Newton (Norfolk City Council, Ward 3)
Candidate questionnaire · WAVY-TV 10 (via Yahoo News) · yahoo.com
“Norfolk should require data center developers to fund their fair share of infrastructure and stormwater upgrades”
Pledges to decline endorsements and run a bottom-up campaign.
Candidate Profile: Sikaiadah Newton (Norfolk City Council, Ward 3)
Candidate questionnaire · WAVY-TV 10 (via Yahoo News) · yahoo.com
“This campaign is taking the bottom-up approach and not the top-down approach in support and funding.”

Mamie B. Johnson

No party listedIncumbent

Norfolk City Council member (Ward 3); former teacher

The gist

Proposes scheduled joint meetings of council and School Board.
Pledges to keep implementing plans already adopted.
Secured tree canopy requirements and new Ward 3 parks.In office
Led coaching sessions on city small-business funding.In office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

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Proposes scheduled joint meetings of council and School Board.
Candidates in Norfolk's two competitive council races talk experience, priorities
Interview · WHRO Public Media · Sep 24, 2026 · whro.org
“I think that the school board, as well as City Council, we have to have scheduled meetings, if only quarterly”
Pledges to keep implementing plans already adopted.
Candidates in Norfolk's two competitive council races talk experience, priorities
Interview · WHRO Public Media · Sep 24, 2026 · whro.org
“Having a veteran there who's already made the plans, all now we have to do is implement, execute”
Secured tree canopy requirements and new Ward 3 parks.
Candidates in Norfolk's two competitive council races talk experience, priorities
Interview · WHRO Public Media · Sep 24, 2026 · whro.org
“implementing tree canopy requirements for new developments and overseeing the creation of around two dozen parks and open spaces in the ward”
Led coaching sessions on city small-business funding.
Candidates in Norfolk's two competitive council races talk experience, priorities
Interview · WHRO Public Media · Sep 24, 2026 · whro.org
“I spent a year teaching small businesses and people that had a dream about small businesses where the money was”

Challengers are listed first and incumbents last; otherwise candidates appear in ballot order. The Gist does not rank, rate or endorse candidates. Only positions backed by a cited source are shown; 6 issues covered in this race.