Republican Candidates for 2023

Dr. John Sitka III grew up in San Antonio, Texas, and he is the oldest of eight siblings with four sisters and three brothers. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1974, and came to Norfolk Virginia in 1979. He retired from the U.S. Navy in 1994, he went on to work for Maersk Lines Limited in their Government Special Missions Program. He helped rebuild a failing maritime school called Tidewater School of Navigation. The school gained significant success to be reorganized to become Mid-Atlantic Maritime Academy. He served as Vice President of Academic until May of 2015. Dr. Sitka left for Pasadena Texas to help build the San Jacinto College Maritime program and served as the Director for Maritime Credentialing. Dr Sitka holds a Master’s degree in Professional Counseling and a Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership from Liberty University. He currently retired and serves on the Advisory Board to Young Mariners Career Foundation which provides funding and educational opportunities for affected workers to facilitate education as professionals in the maritime and lifesaving trades.

Campaign Email: info@sitkafordelegate.com

Campaign Website: www.sitkafordelegate.com

Andy Pittman will fight to restore common sense, conservative, community-centered leadership to Norfolk. As a Norfolk native and lifelong resident, Andy understands what matters most to our community. Andy will work hard to keep our neighborhoods safe, make our economy strong, keep parents in charge of their children’s education, and protect our Bay. Andy lives in the heart of Ocean View with his wife, Jessica, and two young children. Andy stayed in the Commonwealth for his education, graduating from Norfolk Christian High School, James Madison University, and Washington & Lee School of Law. Andy has served as an attorney at every level of government – federal, state, and local – including as a law clerk to the U.S. District Court in Norfolk and the Virginia Supreme Court, as well as an Associate City Attorney. He also has extensive experience in private practice as a civil litigator. Andy will use his skills and expertise as a constitutionally conservative attorney to safeguard our liberties and make our city a better place to live, work, and raise our families.

Campaign Email: Campaign@AndyForNorfolk.com

Campaign Website:  www.AndyForNorfolk.com