James City County Supervisor Michael J. Hipple surprised his fellow supervisors Tuesday afternoon by announcing he would not run for re-election in November.
“I’ve had a great run, but I just want to do some other things,” said Hipple, who has represented the Powhatan District since 2013. He made the announcement at the end of Tuesday’s board of supervisors work session.
Hipple said he was making his announcement now because “I just want to open it up for whoever may want to run… I want to give them enough time to get in there and do their run.”
Hipple’s announcement came on the same day that the only other Supervisor up for re-election this year, Jim Icenhour, announced he would run again to represent the Jamestown District.