Ken Gibson, who was elected to the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors in 2021, has announced his candidacy for reelection to a second term as the Petsworth District representative in the June 17 Republican Party primary election. The general election will be held on Nov. 4.
Gibson, 56, is a partner with GibsonSingleton Virginia Injury Attorneys in Gloucester.
“I am proud to have served Gloucester for the past four years as a supervisor with a positive, hopeful vision for our community,” he said. “I want to continue to represent all citizens as an open, transparent, and responsive servant leader.
“In the last four years, I have worked diligently to greatly increase security in all Gloucester schools by ensuring that each school is protected by an armed School Resource Officer and a weapon detection system, to keep our students, staff and teachers safe. Consistent with my goal of keeping our citizens safe, I have strongly supported improved staffing, equipment and resources for the brave men and women of the Gloucester sheriff’s department and our volunteer fire and rescue squads.”
“A major accomplishment during my time on the board is the near-completed renovation of Gloucester High School, an aging 50-year-old building that was in desperate need of repair and upgrades,” he continued. “Another significant focus of mine was to address the dangerous Woods Cross Road intersection with Route 17. Through public hearings, town halls and grassroots efforts, I led the fight to upgrade the safety of the intersection, and I personally met with the Commissioner of VDOT and Virginia’s Secretary of Transportation to voice the concerns of Petsworth constituents.
“Real leadership requires common-sense problem-solving, rather than short-sighted decisions that hold back our community in the long run. This is what I will continue to bring to the job of supervisor,” he said.
Gibson said he plans for his service to continue to focus on the county’s economy (supporting local business growth and fostering a low tax, business-friendly environment), public safety (keeping the community safe through strong support of the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office and the county’s first responders, to include a new fire station for GVFRS), balanced growth (carefully weighing proposals for residential and business growth in light of our current infrastructure challenges and the desire to maintain Gloucester’s rural, “small town” way of life), utilities (supporting upgrades and repairs of the county’s aging utilities to ensure the county has an effective water and sewer system), internet (increasing efforts to bring high-speed broadband internet access to all residents), education and protecting the residents’ Constitutional rights and freedoms, including the Second Amendment.
“Local government is important because it affects our daily lives,” he said. “I will continue to work hard to ensure that Gloucester remains a vibrant, competitive, and safe place to live, work, raise a family and retire.”
Before coming to Gloucester, Gibson was a federal prosecutor and leader at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he earned commendation for his performance by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Previously, Gibson prosecuted hundreds of violent crime cases as an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney in Norfolk. Gibson served in the U.S. Marine Corps, and graduated from the University of Virginia and the University of South Carolina Law School.
Gibson has also served the community through the Gloucester Point Rotary Club, where he was president and was named “Rotarian of the Year” in 2015. Gibson has volunteered on the Middle Peninsula Bar Association and the Edge Hill House Foundation, and he has coached basketball through Gloucester County Parks and Recreation. In his spare time, he enjoys fishing, watching football and basketball, and reading military history. He plays the drums for local rock group, The Ballast Band. Gibson and his wife Beth are raising twins, Jack and Katherine, aged 16.