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Amanda L. Newins

Independent · Virginia · 2026 · Incumbent

Running for Member City Council, Chesapeake City, Virginia

Top priorities

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  • Work with the community to make Chesapeake a good place to live, work, learn, do business, farm and play
Biography

Newins was elected to Chesapeake City Council in November 2022 as the youngest council member in the city's history, per the campaign site. A James Madison University graduate in mathematics and justice studies, she worked as a 9-1-1 dispatcher and a prosecutor for the City of Chesapeake before becoming a civil litigation and criminal law attorney at Poole Brooke Plumlee PC, per the campaign site.

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Member City Council, Chesapeake CityVirginia · 2026

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