South Hill, Virginia

] Webb eventually went on to win the election.

In 2007-2008, contributions to presidential campaigns favored Republican candidates overall, although the top single recipient as of March was Democratic Senator Barack Obama. The 283 South Hill voters who participated in the state's February 12th Democratic primary also favored Obama over Senator Hillary Clinton, 58% to 41%] ; the 244 Republican primary voters supported Senator John McCain (62.3%) over Governor Mike Huckabee (34.8%).]

Local government

South Hill is governed by a council-manager government more specifically the weak mayoral system with an eight member town council and a mayor.

'Weak' is not a derogatory term here. In this form of the mayor-council government, the council possess both legislative and executive authority. The council may appoint officials and must approve of mayoral nominations. The council also exercises primary control over the municipal budget. It comes from the belief that if politicians have few powers and many checks, then they can do relatively little damage." This form of government is most commonly used in small towns like South Hill.

Members of the South Hill town council:
Chad J. Barbour
M.B. Bracey
Johnny M. Cook, Jr.
John H. Crowder, Jr.
William T. Doyle, Sr.
William R. Gregory
J. Woodrow Kidd
C. Leroy Sasser

Mayor: Earl O. Horne

The daily operation of South Hill is overseen by a town manager, Kim Callis.

The town council and mayor seats are non-partisan, and elections are held every four years.

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