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Members of the Richmond City Democratic Committee voted overwhelmingly Thursday to endorse former Secretary of the Commonwealth Levar Stoney for mayor, opening the door to a possible boost by association with the party’s presidential and congressional candidates in a heavily Democratic city.

Party leaders said Stoney won 66 percent of the vote from the 111 registered members who cast paper ballots during a roughly 90-minute meeting. They declined to say how many votes were cast for the other seven mayoral candidates.

“When you (have) eight candidates and he’s gotten 66 percent of the vote, you can do the math on the rest,” said Mieko Timmons, the party’s vice president of finance.

Stoney is a longtime Democratic operative who has previously worked on a number of statewide political campaigns and served as the director of the state party. He thanked his supporters in a brief speech after the endorsement was announced.

“When we win this in November, I want you all to know I’m not going to just be mayor of the city, but a party leader,” he said.