Leonidas B. Young II explained

Birth Name:Leonidas Bernard Young II
Order:74th
Office:Mayor of Richmond, Virginia
Term Start:July 1, 1994
Term End:June 30, 1996
Successor:Larry E. Chavis
Birth Date:9 November 1954
Birth Place:Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Death Place:Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Spouse:Sanya Buster
Party:Democratic

Leonidas Bernard "Lee" Young II (November 9, 1954 – January 16, 2016) was an American Baptist minister who served on the Richmond, Virginia City Council from 1992 to 1999, when he was forced to resign for influence peddling. He served as the city's mayor from 1994 to 1996.

Career

Young was the founder and pastor of New Kingdom Ministries in Richmond. He had previously served as minister of the city's Fourth Baptist Church, which he was convicted of defrauding in 1998.[1] [2] He died at the age of 61 in 2016.[3]

House of Delegates attempts

1997

Young entered the Democratic primary in 1997 to succeed Jean Wooden Cunningham as the delegate for Virginia's 71st House district. He lost the nomination to Viola Baskerville, who went on to win the general election by a significant margin.[4]

2015

On March 16, 2015, Young announced his intention to make a political comeback and run for disgraced Delegate Joseph D. Morrissey's seat, representing the state's 74th district.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former Richmond Mayor Leonidas Young dies. WTVR.com. 17 January 2016 . 17 January 2016.
  2. Web site: RICHMOND EX-MAYOR IS INDICTED. September 22, 1998. www.washingtonpost.com.
  3. Web site: Leonidas B. Young II, pastor and former Richmond mayor, dies at 62 - Richmond Times-Dispatch: City Of Richmond News . Richmond.com . 21 January 2016. 2016-01-30.
  4. Web site: Leonidas B Young, II. March 19, 2015 . Virginia Public Access Project . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402155032/http://www.vpap.org/candidates/106614-leonidas-b-young-ii/ . April 2, 2015 .
  5. Web site: Leonidas Young to announce candidacy for 74th District Virginia House of Delegates seat. WTVR.com. 17 March 2015 . 17 January 2016.