Mike Pruitt

Mike is a veteran and policy advocate running to represent the Scottsville District on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors. Mike has dedicated his life to public service, deploying twice to hostile waters in the Persian Gulf before joining the Office of Naval Intelligence in DC. Since leaving the Navy, Mike has transitioned to a career in civil rights law, where he has provided pro bono services combatting eviction in Central Virginia and litigated racial housing discrimination with the Department of Justice.

Mike is running to build a more inclusive and affordable future for Albemarle County, where future generations will want to and be able to start families of their own. He hopes to strengthen the County's commitment to affordable housing through renewed investment and improved zoning and planning. Having grown up in a rural blue-collar family himself, Mike hopes to better the lives of working families by strengthening career pathways in the trades and fighting for equitable economic development strategies.