The Mayor of Richmond is the chief executive of the government of Richmond, Virginia, as stipulated by the city's charter. This list includes mayors who were appointed by the Richmond City Council as well as those who were elected by popular vote. The current Mayor of Richmond and 80th in the sequence of regular officeholders is Democrat Levar Stoney who succeeded Dwight C. Jones, a Baptist pastor and former member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 2016. Jones was first elected in 2008, and won a second term in November 2012.