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7 candidates are tracked for Member City Council, Roanoke City on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Vivian Y. Sanchez-Jones, S. M. "Danny" Clawson, Raekwon M. Moore, Amanda F. Marko, Kathy S. Cohen, Stephanie M. Moon and David A. Bowers. Candidate information follows official Roanoke City election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
7 certified candidates for Member City Council, Roanoke City on the November 3, 2026 ballot; Vivian Y. Sanchez-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.
Democratic · Incumbent
Vivian Y. Sanchez-Jones is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Member City Council, Roanoke City, per the Virginia Department of Elections' certified local candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
Democratic
S. M. "Danny" Clawson is a first-time candidate who placed second in the Roanoke City Council Democratic primary on August 4, 2026, per Cardinal News. His campaign site lists housing, education and transparency as his priorities for one of the three at-large council seats.
Source: candidate campaign site.
Campaign site →Democratic
Raekwon M. Moore is a mental health administrator who works in healthcare and was born and raised in Roanoke, per his campaign material. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
Republican
Amanda F. Marko describes herself as a business leader and problem solver who relocated to Roanoke, per her campaign site. She is the Republican candidate for one of the three at-large city council seats on the November 2026 ballot, citing economic development, infrastructure and education as priorities.
Source: candidate campaign site.
Campaign site →Independent
Kathy S. Cohen is Rabbi Emerita at Temple Emanuel, having served 30 years as a rabbi and community activist, per her campaign site. A NAACP Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, she chaired Roanoke's Gun Violence Prevention Commission for three years, per the same source, and is running as an independent for one of the three at-large council seats.
Source: candidate campaign site.
Campaign site →Independent
Stephanie M. Moon (Moon Reynolds) previously served on Roanoke City Council after being elected as an independent in 2020, and ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 2024, per K92 Radio. She is running again for one of the three at-large council seats as an independent, citing responsive government and neighborhood investment as priorities. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
Independent
David A. Bowers is a four-time Roanoke mayor who served 1992-2000 and 2008-2016 and ran for mayor again in 2024, losing to Joe Cobb, per WDBJ7. He is running as an independent for one of the three at-large council seats, citing economic development and city-school relations as priorities. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.