Virginia › Suffolk City › Member City Council, Cypress Borough
2 candidates are tracked for Member City Council, Cypress Borough on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Will J. Smith and Leroy Bennett. Candidate information follows official Suffolk City election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
2 certified candidates for Member City Council, Cypress Borough on the November 3, 2026 ballot; Leroy Bennett 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. Only the seats for your town, ward or district appear on your ballot.
Smith is a lifelong Suffolk resident who was named to Virginia Business magazine's 2026 Forty Under 40 list at age 30, per his campaign site. He describes himself as a community advocate seeking a Suffolk City Council seat representing Cypress Borough.
2026 priorities (per the campaign site)
- Listening-centered leadership that reflects community voices in council decisions
- Practical, collaborative solutions and accountability as Suffolk grows and changes
Source: candidate campaign site.
Campaign site →
Bennett is a retired general foreman at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation who served in the U.S. Navy aboard the U.S.S. Forrestal, per the city of Suffolk's official website. He has served on the Suffolk City Council since 1996 and was vice mayor from 2002 to 2022. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
