A slate of candidates selected by Lynchburg Better Together to run for the three at-large seats on city council introduced themselves at Monument Terrace on Tuesday where they explained why they are running for political office. The three candidates — Nat Marshall, Christina Delzingaro, and Dave Henderson — will seek the Democratic nomination for the at—large council seats on the ballot in November’s general election. “We’ve got to bring civility back to city council. We’ve got to put the citizems of Lynchburg first,” Ward II Councilman Sterling Wilder, the only Democrat on council, said at Tuesday’s event. “Please support these awesome at-large candidates in the upcoming city council elections in November,” Wilder told the crowd.

Lynchburg community leaders Christina Delzingaro, Dave Henderson and Nathaniel “Nat” X. Marshall on Tuesday announced they will run as Democratic candidates for the city council seats that are up for grabs this November. The Lynchburg City Council, currently with a 6-1 Republican majority, consists of three at-large representatives and four ward representatives. The at-large positions, currently held by Republican Mayor Larry Taylor and Republican council members Marty Misjuns and Stephanie Reed, will be on the ballot this year. 

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — Three new candidates are entering the race for Lynchburg City Council. Christina Delzingaro, Dave Henderson and Nat Marshall made their announcements Tuesday during an event at Monument Terrace hosted by Lynchburg Better Together. The candidates said they want City Council to be a place where members work together and support city staff, a push that comes after several recent resignations in city government.

Watch the press release announcing Lynchburg Better Together’s candidates for Lynchburg City Council (at-large) 2026 elections. This video includes interviews with the candidates afterwards.

The candidates for Ward III on Lynchburg City Council debated both local and national issues this week at an election forum sponsored by the College Republicans at Liberty University. The two candidates, Democrat James Coleman and Republican Curt Diemer, offered their views on the best ways to tackle crime and bring civility to city council.

A Lynchburg City Council candidate forum kicked off Thursday evening with each of the candidates offering their views on how they would listen to the concerns of their constituents and then work to connect, rather than divide, the city’s residents. The forum, co-sponsored by the Lynchburg Voters League, a nonprofit group that works for full voter registration, education and participation, and the Lynchburg Branch of the NAACP, included three candidates running in Ward I, one candidate running in Ward II, two in Ward III and two in Ward IV.