Dave Norris

Dave Norris
Dave Norris (D-Charlottesville)
Councilor Charlottesville City Council
Electoral District	At-Large
Term Start	May 2, 2006
Mayor of Charlottesville
Term Start	Jan. 7, 2008
Preceded by	David Brown
Biographical Information
Date of birth	May 19, 1970 Age 53
Place of birth	Fort Belvoir, VA
Children	Eli Norris Chloe Norris
Residence	Belmont
Alma mater	Curry College B.A. in Politics & History College of William and Mary M.A. in Government
Website	http://www.votefordave.org
Campaign $	VPAP
Contributions $	VPAP

Dave Norris is the Mayor of Charlottesville until 2012, a post he has served in since 2008. Norris was first elected to Charlottesville City Council in 2006 and reelected in 2009. Council elected him to a second term as Mayor at their first meeting in 2010.

Biography

Norris was the Executive Director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Blue Ridge until June 2011.

Norris has been employed as Executive Director of PACEM, the Associate Director of Madison House, the Interim Director of PHAR (the Public Housing Association of Residents, and the former Chairman of the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority Board of Commissioners.

Norris lives with his wife in north Charlottesville with children Eli, Chloe and Ben.

Committee assignments

As of February 7, 2011 Norris represents the City on the Planning and Coordination Council and the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority.

Election history

Norris has run twice for at-large seats on Charlottesville's City Council.

2006 City Council election

The 2006 City Council election was Norris' first as a a candidate.

Candidate Profile Resources Candidate Dave Norris (D) - Challenger * WINNER Office Charlottesville City Council Election year 2006 election Candidate interviews by Charlottesville Tomorrow Candidate interview transcript Candidate interview audio <mp3player>http://www.cvillepedia.org/mediawiki/images/Norris_interview.MP3</mp3player> Source website

Candidates Votes % David M. "Dave" Norris (D) 3,947 38.65 Julian H. Taliaferro (D) 3,745 36.67 Robert S. Schilling (R) incumbent 2,460 24.09 Write-In 60 0.59 Source: Virginia State Board of Elections Voters could cast two votes, one for each of the two seats available, hence the percentages do not total 100%.

2009 City Council election

In the 2009 election cycle Norris was the top vote-getter in the Charlottesville's Democratic Party's "unassembled caucus" held May 9, 2009. Kristin Szakos beat out incumbent Julian Taliaferro as the party's second nominee.

On Friday, September 25th, The Sierra Club endorsed Norris along with independent opponent Bob Fenwick.

Candidate Profile Resources Candidate Dave Norris (D) - Incumbent * WINNER Office Charlottesville City Council Election year 2006 election Candidate interviews by Charlottesville Tomorrow Candidate interview transcript Candidate interview audio <mp3player>http://www.cvillepedia.org/mediawiki/images/20090903-norris-interview.mp3</mp3player> Source website	Candidates Votes % Dave Norris (D) incumbent 6,300 38.7 Kristin Szakos (D) 5,083 31.2 Bob Fenwick (I) 3,293 20.2 Paul Long (I) 1,214 7.5 Andrew Williams (I, write-in) 237 1.5 Other Write-In 141 0.9 Source: City of Charlottesville Overall voter turnout for City of Charlottesville in this election was 37.31%. Each voter could vote for up to two candidates.

Awards

For his extensive record of leadership and service to the Charlottesville community, Dave was named one of the "Distinguished Dozen" by the Charlottesville Daily Progress for 2005. He is also the founder of the Charlottesville Vegetarian Festival.

External Links

• Vote for Dave
• Facebook profile page
• Blog

Media appearances

Appearance on Feb. 23, 2011 edition of WINA's Charlottesville--Right Now!

Contact Information

Phone: (434) 242-5165
cvilledave@hotmail.com