| Birthname: | Norman Dewey Holcomb III |
| Office: | Sheriff of Virginia Beach |
| Term Start: | September 29, 2023 |
| Predecessor: | Ken Stolle |
| Office1: | Member of the Virginia Beach City Council from the Kempsville district |
| Term Start1: | August 12, 2021 |
| Term End1: | September 29, 2023 |
| Predecessor1: | Jessica Abbott |
| Succeeded1: | David Hutcheson |
| State Delegate2: | Virginia |
| District2: | 85th |
| Term Start2: | January 11, 2017 |
| Term End2: | January 10, 2018 |
| Predecessor2: | Scott Taylor |
| Successor2: | Cheryl Turpin |
| Birth Place: | Bluefield, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Party: | Republican |
| Spouse: | Tracie Summerlin |
| Children: | 2 |
| Alma Mater: | Regent University (BS) |
Norman Dewey "Rocky" Holcomb III (born 1968) is an American politician who serves as the interim Sheriff of Virginia Beach since September 29, 2023.[1] He served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for the 85th district from 2017 to 2018. He is a member of the Republican Party.[2]
Holcomb served in the United States Marine Corps and for the Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office.[3] He won a special election to the Virginia House of Delegates held on January 10, 2017, to succeed Scott Taylor, who had been elected to the United States House of Representatives.[4] [5] He went on to lose the November general election in 2017 to Cheryl Turpin, whom he had faced earlier that year in the special election.[6]
During the 2019 election cycle, instead of running for re-election, Cheryl Turpin decided to instead run for Virginia State Senate. The 85th district seat now vulnerable, Holcomb announced he would run for the seat once more.[7] [8] He was challenged by Democrat Alex Askew, who served as a staffer for Barack Obama‘s 2012 presidential campaign. Holcomb lost to Askew by a margin of 3.46% [9]
On August 12, 2021, Holcomb was appointed to the Virginia Beach City Council after the seat was vacated by Jessica Abbott.[10]