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Education: B.S. Computer Engineering, University of South Carolina
Background: Originally from small-town South Carolina; Norfolk 'by choice.' CEO of Radiant Digital (digital media firm, ~50 employees). Co-owner with wife Malia of Four Eleven York boutique inn and restaurant in Norfolk. Past President, Ghent Neighborhood League. Prior city service: Norfolk Planning Commission; Architectural Review Board; VisitNorfolk Board. Currently co-chairs Mayor's Housing Commission; serves on Hampton Roads Planning District Commission, Erosion Advisory Committee, Coastal Management Review Board. Norfolk City Council Superward 6 (citywide-elected, officially nonpartisan), elected 11/5/2024 with ~69% over Jeremy Cyril Mason for the open seat vacated by term-limited Andria McClellan. Term 1/1/2025-12/31/2028 (NOT on Nov 2026 ballot). Officially nonpartisan; D-aligned by endorsement slate (former Gov. Ralph Northam, VA Sens. Aaron Rouse + Angelia Williams Graves, Del. Phil Hernandez, former Del. Jay Jones, Education Association of Norfolk PAC, Progressive Voters Guide). Party set to 'I'.
[2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement] Roster verified: Norfolk City Council Superward 6 (citywide; officially nonpartisan, D-aligned per endorsement slate). Freshman sworn 1/1/2025; term to 12/31/2028 — NOT on Nov 2026 ballot. Party Unknown→I. PRO-POLICE CAMPAIGN RHETORIC FOUND but LEFT NULL on public_justice q0 per the SKILL's sparse-data-trap discipline: his campaign Safety page states 'Our police officers are continually overworked with too many open positions on the force… I will continually advocate for funding, more staffing, and the right work environments for first responders'; he also accepted Norfolk Professional Fire Fighters IAFF Local 68 (firefighter union, not police union). That is campaign-platform self-claim shape — same as the Doyle precedent (refinements/natl-local-VA-2026-06-02-1441.json), where the SKILL discipline kept the only police-related cell null to avoid a misleading 100/100 score from a 1-cell denominator. Without a police-union endorsement OR a quoted anti-defund denunciation OR an independent secondary vector, scoring TRUE alone would inflate this freshman to 100/100 — left null and marked roster_verified accordingly. Note: Mar 4, 2025 council vote to create a Norfolk Police Victim Services Unit and to accept the Va. Firearms Violence Intervention and Prevention Grant are routine procedural votes and are not separately scored. NO EVIDENCE FOUND on sanctity of life (no abortion-stance statement; Progressive Voters Guide endorsement is soft adverse signal but not scoreable), biblical_marriage (any cell — review of 2025 council minutes for Feb 25, Mar 4, May 20, Jun 10, Jun 24, Jul 15 found no Pride proclamation, council resolution, or vote on LGBTQ matters during McGee's tenure; Norfolk's Pride Month page is city PR, not a council vote), family_child_sovereignty (any cell — his Education page critiques NPS accreditation rate and urges Council/School Board collaboration but does not advocate vouchers/ESAs/homeschool protections; no statement on parental notification or CRT-SOGI), christian_liberty (any cell — NO religious self-identification located in campaign bio, official city bio, or social pages; the 'Navy veteran/home preacher' claim found in one web search is a confused conflation with an unrelated Father Tony McGee — do NOT use), economic_stewardship q2 (he campaigned on property-tax-rate reduction calling Norfolk's rates 'a competitive disadvantage,' which is tax-cutting not BBA — not scored), election_integrity (any cell), public_justice q1/q2/q3/q4 (no statements on bail/restitution/public-health framing/Romans-13), refuse_state_overreach (any cell — took office Jan 1 2025, no documented opposition to state ESG/lockdown/mandate posture), border_immigration (any cell — Norfolk listed by CIS as sanctuary but no McGee statement located), self_defense q0/q1 (the 2020 Norfolk firearms-in-buildings ordinance was pulled before any vote and never returned — no firearms vote during McGee's tenure; the Jan 28 2025 council action on the VA Firearms Violence Intervention and Prevention Grant was grant-acceptance, not a carry restriction, and is not scored). Counter-archetype context: business-friendly tax-cutting freshman with D-aligned endorsement slate AND affirmative campaign-platform pro-police-staffing advocacy.
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