Joe Cobb
Democratic · VA
Joe Cobb is a Democratic candidate for Mayor in Roanoke city, Virginia in 2026.
Where Joe Cobb stands, based on their records
Supports
Housing Affordability (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
Stood by Roanoke's 2023 citywide rezoning through a mayoral campaign in which rivals ran against it, saying he would not buy into narratives meant to stoke fear and would watch what the change did to housing supply. He also served on the city's Gun Violence Prevention Commission and named cutting gun violence his first priority as mayor.
February 3, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: cardinalnews.org · researched August 7, 2026
Track record — General
General · 1 record
Worked as a Methodist minister in Kansas and gave up his credentials after coming out as gay, then moved to Roanoke in 2001, ran marketing for the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, directed a homeless shelter, and pastored the Metropolitan Community Church from 2009 to 2017 before winning a city council seat in 2018 with more votes than any other candidate and serving as vice mayor from 2018 to 2020 and again from 2023 to 2025.
August 6, 2026
Source: en.wikipedia.org · researched August 7, 2026
Profile last researched July 15, 2026.