Fully reported election results from Roanoke County indicate that Vinton Mayor Brad Grose and
Council members Laurie Mullins and Keith Liles have been re-elected to serve on Vinton Town
Council for four more years. In a Special Election, Tammy Shepherd has been elected to
represent the Vinton Magisterial District on the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors. She is
completing the unexpired term of Jason Peters which ends on December 31, 2025.
are Vice Mayor Mike Stovall, Council member Laurie Mullins, Mayor Brad Grose, Council
member Sabrina McCarty, and Council member Keith Liles. Mullins, Grose, and Liles were re-
elected to their seats in the Nov. 5 election. (file photos)
representative for the Vinton Magisterial District.
Only voters registered in the Town of Vinton precincts could vote for mayor and Town Council.
Only voters in the Vinton Magisterial District were permitted to vote for the Board of
Supervisors Vinton representative.
In 2020, Town of Vinton elections for mayor and town council took place in May. In 2022 and
again this year, those local elections were moved to November at the same time as the General
Election.
One hesitation about moving the local elections to coincide with state and national elections was
a concern that the change would introduce partisan politics into nonpartisan local issues–like
paving roads and keeping streetlights operational. There was also concern that local issues and
candidates would get lost in the shuffle, as everyone would be involved with statewide and
national issues.
Whether or not any of that has proven to be true, the number of citizens voting in the town
council election did increase in 2022 when Vice Mayor Mike Stovall and Council member
Sabrina McCarty were elected, and even more dramatically this year when the elections moved
to November in combination with a presidential election year.
On November 5, 2024, Mayor Brad Grose received 3103 votes and 97% of the vote, with 96
write-ins. (In May 2020, he received 410 votes.)
Keith Liles received 1961 (46%) votes for town council in Nov. 2024. (In May 2020, he received
373 votes.)
Laurie Mullins received 2186 (51.4%) votes in the Nov. 2024 election, and 343 votes in May
2020.
There were 106 write-ins for town council, which had two seats available in this election.
Tammy Shepherd was elected to the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors representing the
Vinton Magisterial District with 93% of the vote (8646 votes) with 638 write-ins.
Across the state of Virginia, the proposed amendment to the state constitution extending a tax
exemption to surviving spouses killed in action to also be available to surviving spouses of
soldiers who died in the line of duty was approved with 93% of the vote.
Data indicates that 76% of registered voters in Roanoke County voted in the November 5
election.
