Portsmouth has officially certified its City Council election results, confirming incumbent Bill Moody lost his bid for an eighth consecutive term by 21 votes to challenger Mark Whitaker.
The city’s General Registrar and Director of Elections April Barnes called News 3 reporter Naomi Washington around 5 p.m. Friday and directed her to the Virginia Department of Elections website for the certified results.
Whitaker received 12,922 votes, or 17.62% of the vote, while Moody received 12,901 votes, or 17.59%…