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Levar Stoney

Levar Stoney

Levar Stoney is a 2016 candidate for mayor of Richmond. Stoney was appointed Secretary of the Commonwealth in 2014 by Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe. He resigned the post in April 2016 to run for mayor. Prior to that, he served as executive director of the Virginia Democratic Party and worked in a number of campaigns. Stoney was born in 1981 in New York and later moved to Yorktown, Va. He graduated from James Madison University in 2004, where he was president of the student government.  

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Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on October 26, 2022 a news conference.
“I don’t get involved in the hiring and firing of police chiefs.”
False
By Warren Fiske • November 2, 2022
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on June 16, 2022 a tweet.
“In Virginia, Black people are eight times (8X) more likely than white people to die of gun homicide.”
True
By Warren Fiske • June 24, 2022
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on June 16, 2020 a news conference.
On conducting a national search for a new Richmond police chief.
Full Flop
By Warren Fiske • July 1, 2020
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on April 10, 2020 a radio interview.
Virginia has “lagged behind other states when it comes to (covid-19) testing.”
True
By Warren Fiske • April 22, 2020
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on May 14, 2019 a radio interview.
"Richmond was one of the only cities in the state that did not (increase) their real estate tax to those pre-recession rates."
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • May 21, 2019
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on March 6, 2019
On tax increases.
Half Flip
By Warren Fiske • March 19, 2019
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on October 17, 2016
"Jack Berry voted for a plan to cut $23.8 million from our schools."
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • October 31, 2016
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on October 17, 2016 a debate.
As executive director of the Democratic Party of Virginia there were "300 people on my payroll in 2008."
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • October 25, 2016
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on May 17, 2016 a radio interview.
Virginia’s banning of felons from voting is a "Jim Crow-era law."
False
By Warren Fiske • June 6, 2016
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