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New 2025-2028 Richmond City Council members administered oaths of office
Individual members of Richmond City Council are elected to serve four-year terms. The current 2025-2028 Richmond City Council term runs January 2, 2025 to December 31, 2028. The new Council includes five newly re-elected members, one previously appointed newly elected member, and three new first-time members.
The nine newly elected members of Richmond City Council were administered their oaths of office during the scheduled special organizational meeting held for that purpose.
Individual members of Richmond City Council are elected to serve four-year terms. The current 2025-2028 Richmond City Council term runs January 2, 2025 to December 31, 2028. The new Council includes five newly re-elected members, one previously appointed newly elected member, and three new first-time members.
Following the administration of oaths, the Council elected Councilmember Cynthia I. Newbille, Richmond East End 7th Voter District, to serve as Council President and Councilmember Katherine L. Jordan, Richmond North Central 2nd Voter District, as Council Vice President.
Richmond City Council elects a Council President and Vice President from amongst its members, who serve two-year terms in those roles.
The role of Council President is to serve as the presiding officer of the institution in performing such duties as consistent with the Richmond City Council Rules of Procedure, which includes presiding over Council Formal Meetings. The Council Vice President serves in the absence, disability, or by the request of, the Council President.
Richmond City Council represents Richmond residents as its official legislative institution governing Richmond, Virginia and is responsible for creating and amending local laws; providing government policy and oversight; levying local taxes; and establishing an annual Richmond Government Budget.
During the meeting, Richmond City Council also introduced and adopted a resolution to adopt the Richmond City Council Rules of Procedure.
Richmond residents are invited and encouraged to engage and communicate directly with the individual Richmond City Council Councilmember representing them in their Richmond Voter District.
Contact Info
Helpful individual Councilmember contact information is as follows:
Richmond West End 1st Voter District
- Councilmember Andrew S. Breton
- 804.646.5935 (office tel); andrew.breton@richmondgov.com (email)
Richmond North Central 2nd Voter District
- Councilmember Katherine L. Jordan (Council Vice President 2025-2026)
- 804.646.6532 (office tel); katherine.jordan@richmondgov.com (email)
Richmond Northside 3rd Voter District
- Councilmember Kenya J. Gibson
- 804.646.6055 (office tel); kenya.gibson@richmondgov.com (email)
Richmond Southwest 4th Voter District
- Councilmember Sarah M.A. Abubaker
- 804.646.5646 (office tel); sarah.abubaker@richmondgov.com (email)
Richmond Central 5th Voter District
- Councilmember Stephanie A. Lynch
- 804.646.5724 (office tel); stephanie.lynch@richmondgov.com (email)
Richmond Gateway 6th Voter District
- Councilmember Ellen F. Robertson
- 804.646.7964 (office tel); ellen.robertson@richmondgov.com (email)
Richmond East End 7th Voter District
- Councilmember Cynthia I. Newbille
- 804.646.3012 (office tel); cynthia.newbille@richmondgov.com (email)
Richmond Southside 8th Voter District
- Councilmember Reva M. Trammell
- 804.646.6591 (office tel); 804.240.5050 (mobile); reva.trammell@richmondgov.com (email)
Richmond South Central 9th Voter District
- Councilmember Nicole Jones
- 804.646.2779 (office tel); nicole.jones@richmondgov.com (email)
