This is the sixth of our stories previewing local races on the ballot, outside of the mayoral race, in Richmond’s nine voting districts.
Five donors listed in Floyd’s campaign finance filings say they never gave money to his City Council campaign. Those donors include a Maryland assistant attorney general and a Chicago businessman.
Since June 2020, Tavares Floyd has said he is a cousin of George Floyd. His sister says it’s a “big lie.”
If Tavares Floyd’s campaign reports are a work of fiction they appear to be, what else might he fudge or create out of whole cloth? Richmond politics — all politics, really — needs an injection of integrity and authenticity, not fakery and fraud.
Chenice Brown, a Richmond community advocate with a passion for serving her community, said she was shocked to learn Saturday morning that she was listed as Tavares Floyd’s campaign treasurer.
The Richmond Crusade for Voters and the Richmond Education Association have rescinded their endorsements of Tavares Floyd, who is running against Ellen Robertson and Willie Hilliard in the 6th District.
The Times-Dispatch previously reported that six donors listed in Floyd’s campaign reports deny funding him, and that members of Floyd’s family deny his alleged relation to the late George Floyd.