Justin Wilson

Justin Marshall Wilson (born March 11, 1979) is an American politician who was the mayor of Alexandria, Virginia, from 2019 to 2025. Before that, he served on the Alexandria City Council, including a term as vice mayor from 2016 to 2019.

Biography Wilson was born in Cheverly, Maryland, to a Caucasian mother and African-American father, and grew up in Washington, D.C., and Fairfax County, Virginia. He graduated from John R. Lewis High School in Springfield, Virginia, when it was named Robert E. Lee High School, and Virginia Commonwealth University. He began in politics in the Virginia Young Democrats and was later a page for Don Beyer during Beyer's tenure as lieutenant governor of Virginia.

Wilson was elected to the Alexandria City Council in 2007 but lost his bid for re-election in 2009. He was elected to the council for a second time in the 2012 election, and was re-elected in 2015. As the council member with the highest vote total in the 2015 election, he served as vice mayor for the following council term. No other candidate qualified for the November general election ballot, so Wilson ran unopposed, although write-in votes were permitted; Wilson received 93% of the votes cast.

Because Alexandria's mayor is only part-time, Wilson also works for Amtrak as a senior director of vendor and contract management.

Personal life Wilson married Alex Crawford-Batt in 2001, three years after meeting her at a Democratic state convention while in college. They have two children.

Electoral history 2009

2012

2015

2018

2021