W. Randy Wright represents Ward 5 on the Norfolk City Council. Ward 5 is in the northern portion of Norfolk, and is bounded by Little Creek Road on the east, and Old Ocean View Road and Willoughby Spit on the west.

Wright is owner of Randy Wright Printing and Publishing. He was first elected to the City Council in 1992 and re-elected to four year terms in 1994, 1998 and 2002.

He is chairman of the Mayor's Ocean View Task Force and Economic and Community Business Development Committee and serves on the Downtown Development Task Force. He is a member of the following boards and committees:

• Hampton Roads Transit Regional Board
• The Virginia Municipal League's Transportation Policy Committee
• The Norfolk City Council's Legislative and Strategic Planning Committee
• Chesapeake Bay Alcohol Safety Action Program
• Hampton Roads Planning District Commission
• State Board of Corrections
• Commission of Transportation in Urban Areas, Chair

A lifelong resident of Norfolk, Wright was named by the Norfolk Jaycees as the Outstanding Young Man for 1980. In 2008, he was presented with the Outstanding Planning Leadership Award from the Virginia Chapter of the American Planning Association in recognition of his efforts to secure the Norfolk light rail system and for the development of the East Beach community in Ocean View.

He is a past member of the Norfolk City Planning Commission and a current member of the Ocean View Kiwanis Club. He is past chairman of the State Board of Commerce, past president of the Norfolk-Virginia Beach Executive Club and past jury commissioner of Norfolk Circuit Court.

Wright is married to Arlene Brooks Wright, has one son, three stepsons and three grandsons.

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