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3 candidates are tracked for Mayor, Newport News City on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Sharon P. Scott, Phillip D. Jones and Phillip A. Hamilton. Candidate information follows official Newport News City election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
3 certified candidates for Mayor, Newport News City on the November 3, 2026 ballot; Phillip D. Jones is listed as the incumbent by the Department of Elections, per the Virginia Department of Elections' certified local candidate list (updated September 3, 2026). Virginia local offices are nonpartisan on the ballot unless a candidate was nominated by a party; the number of seats filled and the district lines come from the locality's own ballot.
Independent
Sharon P. Scott, a former Newport News city councilwoman, is running for mayor in the November 2026 election, per 13News Now. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
Independent · Incumbent
Phillip D. Jones, the current mayor of Newport News, is a U.S. Naval Academy graduate and former Marine Corps infantry officer who holds graduate degrees from Harvard University, per his campaign site. He is seeking reelection in the November 2026 election.
Source: candidate campaign site.
Campaign site →Independent
Phillip A. Hamilton, a former member of the Virginia House of Delegates, is running for mayor of Newport News in the November 2026 election, per 13News Now. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.