Trish White-Boyd Won't Run for Council Again

My long-time friend Trish White-Boyd, who has served on Roanoke City Council since 2021 (two years as vice mayor) told me this morning that she will not run for City Council again. It is a hard job, she says, one that takes a lot out of the members of the elected body.

She recently lost a bid for state senate to an empty-suit, well-funded Republican candidate and that apparently whetted her appetite for higher office. "I've really enjoyed Council," she related in an email. Future political plans are uncertain, she says. 

Whatever her decision, she has my vote. Trish is bold, creative and strong, but, she says, "I'm not quite as liberal as a lot of people think." The Republicans threw a lot of money at her Senate opponent, while the state Democratic Party all but ignored Trish until the last 10 days or so of the campaign. She would hope to reverse that trend should she run again. She lost by a hair.

It is significant that Trish is leaving because Mayor Sherman Lea recently announced he will not seek re-election.