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City of Norfolk
Mamie B. Johnson
City Council - Ward 3
Independent
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
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✝ God First
0/ 70
🏛️ Local First
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National Rank
#5,018 of 8,776 · bottom 42.8% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Official Profile
Education: Maury High School (Norfolk, 1984; Senior Class President); B.A. Education, Norfolk State University
Background: Norfolk native. 14 years as a teacher with Norfolk Public Schools; 6 years as Instructional Specialist; recently math/reading teacher specialist with Virginia Beach Public Schools. Husband: William H. Johnson. Norfolk City Council Ward 3 (officially nonpartisan), first elected 5/6/2014 (sworn 7/1/2014); re-elected 11/8/2022 with 96.5% (effectively unopposed, only write-ins). Term 1/1/2023-12/31/2026 (ON Nov 2026 ballot). Board service: Virginia First Cities Coalition (immediate past chair); National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials; Elizabeth River Project; Hampton Roads Workforce Council; Community Health Assessment / Community Health Plan; former Hampton Roads Planning District Commission; former co-chair Mayor's Lifelong Learning Commission. D-aligned: endorsed Jay Jones (D) for Virginia Attorney General; listed in Progressive Voters Guide 2022.
[2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement] Roster verified: Norfolk City Council Ward 3 (officially nonpartisan, D-aligned by endorsement pattern). Term 1/1/2023-12/31/2026 (ON Nov 2026 ballot; effectively unopposed in 2022 at 96.5%). HARD adverse public_justice q0 evidence: in the Yahoo News / Virginian-Pilot story 'Defund police? Here's why Norfolk's chief says yes,' Johnson asked rhetorically about police responding to mental-health calls and said 'Is the police department the best resource to address that? No,' stating she wanted Norfolk to create a non-police mental-health crisis team and would support reallocating budget funds to establish it. That is the textbook soft-defund framing the rubric scores as FALSE on the affirmative-police-backing cell. HARD adverse public_justice q3 evidence: the same reallocate-to-mental-health-crisis-team posture directly embraces the public-health framing for violent-crime response that q3 scores against. NO EVIDENCE FOUND on sanctity of life (no abortion-stance statement; her Jay Jones endorsement is soft D-alignment signal, not personal abolition stance), biblical_marriage (any cell — no roll-call vote on a Pride proclamation located; Norfolk's Pride Month observance is administrative, no council resolution), family_child_sovereignty (any cell — 14-yr NPS teacher background is structural public-school bias but not a HARD anti-choice statement; no public position on parental notification, CRT, SOGI), christian_liberty (any cell — no church affiliation surfaced, no faith profession), economic_stewardship q2 (routine local budget votes not affirmative evidence per rubric), election_integrity (any cell), public_justice q1/q2/q4, refuse_state_overreach (any cell), border_immigration (any cell — Norfolk Jail operates an ICE IGSA but that is sheriff function, not council vote; no Johnson statement located either way), self_defense q0/q1 (the 2020 Norfolk firearms-in-buildings ordinance was pulled before any roll-call and never returned; the 2A sanctuary petition failed signatures; Johnson has no recorded firearms vote). Counter-archetype context: career NPS educator + D-aligned + reallocate-from-police on mental-health calls — moderate progressive ward member.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
Not yet verified
Candidate (if District Attorney) has committed to prosecuting illegal abortion procedures; (if mayor/council) has supported pro-life city resolutions or refused to declare 'sanctuary city for abortion'
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
N/A · out of tier
Candidate has never accepted Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC funding
N/A · out of tier
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes city/county trans-affirming policies (bathroom mandates on private businesses, Pride flag raisings at city hall, pronouns-required HR rules)
Not yet verified
Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes city/county Pride proclamations, Pride flags at city facilities, drag programming in libraries, and LGBT-affirming K-12 curriculum (school-board-relevant)
Not yet verified
Candidate (school board) opts the district into school-choice transfers + protects homeschool freedom + opposes truancy-based criminal referrals
Not yet verified
Candidate (school board) requires parental notification before any gender/sexuality counseling of minors; (mayor/council) opposes city programs facilitating minor medical procedures without parents
Not yet verified
Candidate (school board) has voted to remove CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology materials from district curriculum and library shelves
Not yet verified
Candidate (mayor/council/library board) supports local enforcement of age-verification + removes sexualized content from library children's sections
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples
N/A · out of tier
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
Not yet verified
Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city/county/school board) opposes mandatory pronoun policies for staff + employees + students
Not yet verified
Candidate (mayor/council) supports city/county Christian displays (Ten Commandments, Nativity scenes), invocation prayer at meetings, Sunday-closure where chosen by community
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes city-funded non-Christian religious displays/programming (Ramadan illumination, etc.) at city facilities
Not yet verified
Candidate (city/county) opposes city participation in CBDC pilot programs + supports cash-acceptance ordinances for local businesses
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (mayor/council) has voted against deficit-bond issuances for non-capital city expenditures + supports balanced city budgets without service cuts via tax increases on residents
Not yet verified
Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city/county) has voted to remove city pension/treasury investment in ESG-aligned funds + opposes city participation in WEF-aligned sister-city programs
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city clerk/county election official) supports hand-counted paper ballots at local precincts where state law permits
Not yet verified
Candidate (city clerk/election official) enforces state photo voter ID + citizenship verification at local precincts
Not yet verified
Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city clerk/council) refused acceptance of private election-administration grants ('Zuckerbucks')
Not yet verified
Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (DA/sheriff) cooperates with ICE detainers + transfers; (mayor/council) supports local cooperation with ICE rather than sanctuary policies
Not yet verified
Candidate (city/county) has voted against local sanctuary-city ordinances + supports city cooperation with federal immigration enforcement
Not yet verified
Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (mayor/council) opposes local gun-registry ordinances + local gun-shop zoning restrictions
Not yet verified
Candidate (city/council) opposes local-ordinance red-flag/magazine/AWB analogs + local gun-shop zoning restrictions
Not yet verified
Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
N/A · out of tier
Candidate has publicly backed law enforcement and opposed defunding/dismantling police
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate opposes cashless-bail, soft-on-crime, and rogue-prosecutor (e.g. Soros-DA) policy
Not yet verified
Candidate supports victim restitution and proportional punishment of evildoers
Not yet verified
Candidate refuses to treat violent crime as a "public health" excuse to avoid punishment
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate affirms the magistrate's God-ordained duty to bear the sword (Rom. 13:4)
Not yet verified
Official has asserted local control against unconstitutional state mandates
Not yet verified
Official has declined state strings that compel ungodly or unconstitutional local policy
Not yet verified
Official has protected local citizens from state overreach (lockdowns, mandates, ESG)
Not yet verified
Official affirms subsidiarity — decisions made at the lowest competent level
Not yet verified
Official has refused to enforce unconstitutional state directives
Not yet verified
Sources & Evidence
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www.norfolk.gov/200/City-CouncilOfficial
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
Progressive Voters GuideLeft Advocacy
www.jayjones.com/endorsements/Unclassified
www.norfolk.gov/PrideMonthOfficial
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References & footnotes
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- [1]In Yahoo/Virginian-Pilot 'Defund police? Here's why Norfolk's chief says yes' coverage, Johnson asked of police responding to mental-health calls: 'Is the police department the best resource to address that? No.' She stated she would like the city to create a non-police mental-health crisis team and would support reallocating budget funds from police to establish it. Textbook soft-defund framing — adverse to the affirmative-police-backing standard. Unclassified
In Yahoo/Virginian-Pilot 'Defund police? Here's why Norfolk's chief says yes' coverage, Johnson asked of police responding to mental-health calls: 'Is the police department the best resource to address that? No.' She stated she would like the city to create a non-police mental-health crisis team and would support reallocating budget funds from police to establish it. Textbook soft-defund framing — adverse to the affirmative-police-backing standard.
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