Chesapeake council member switches parties in bid to unseat mayor in nonpartisan race
CHESAPEAKE — Council member and former NFL player Don Carey will challenge Mayor Rick West in November’s mayoral election — and he’s switching political parties to do so. Carey, who made an unsuccessful bid for a statehouse seat as a Republican last year, has gained the backing of one of Virginia’s most powerful Democrats — Don Scott, the Virginia House speaker — as well as the Chesapeake ...
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