John Chapman "Chap" Petersen is an American politician. A Democrat,he served in the Virginia House of Delegates 2002–06,was elected to the Virginia State Senate in November 2007,and was reelected in 2011. He currently represents the state's 34th district,made up of the city of Fairfax and large parts of Fairfax County. In June 2023,Petersen lost the Democratic primary for District 37 to Saddam Salim.
Kenneth Thomas Cuccinelli II is an American lawyer and politician who served as the senior official performing the duties of the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security from 2019 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party,he also served as the Principal Deputy and Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and was Attorney General of Virginia from 2010 to 2014.
David B. Albo is a retired Republican politician from the Commonwealth of Virginia,USA. He represented the 42nd district of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1994 to 2018.
Curtis Stovall Anderson is an American politician,lawyer and former broadcast journalist. He was first elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1983,was the chairman of the Baltimore City Delegation,and past chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland. After serving 12 years,he was elected again in 2002,and served until his retirement in 2023. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1992 (Clinton) and 2008 (Obama).
The following offices were up for election in the United States Commonwealth of Virginia in the November 2009 general election:
Benjamin Lee Cline is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 6th congressional district since 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he represented the 24th district in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2002 to 2018.
David William Marsden is an American politician of the Democratic Party. He currently represents the 37th district in the Senate of Virginia,which is a portion of Fairfax County,since 2010. Between 2006 and 2010,he served in the Virginia House of Delegates representing the 41st district. Prior to his career in politics he spent 17 years as head of the Fairfax County Juvenile Detention Center until 1999. In 2000 Governor Jim Gilmore appointed him Chief Deputy and then Acting Director of the 2,700-person Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice. He then served for 6 months in the administration of Governor Mark Warner.
Jeffrey M. Frederick is an American politician,CEO,entrepreneur,and craft beer brewery owner. He served three terms as a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates. Frederick was also chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia and a member of the Republican National Committee.
Robert Bernard Bell III is an American politician. He has been a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates since 2002. In 2013,Bell ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for Attorney General of Virginia.
Mark Lee Keam is a Korean American lawyer. He is a former member of the Virginia House of Delegates in the United States. A Democrat,Keam represented the 35th District,which encompassed a portion of Fairfax County,including the town of Vienna,Virginia,where he resides. He resigned his seat on September 6,2022 to take a position in the Biden administration.
The 2013 Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 5,2013,to elect the governor of Virginia. The incumbent governor,Republican Bob McDonnell,was not eligible to run for re-election due to term limits established by the Virginia Constitution. Virginia is the only state that prohibits its governor from serving immediate successive terms.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) people in the Commonwealth of Virginia enjoy the same rights as non-LGBT persons. LGBT rights in the state are a recent occurrence with most improvements in LGBT rights occurring in the 2000s and 2010s. Same-sex marriage has been legal in Virginia since October 6,2014,when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider an appeal in the case of Bostic v. Rainey. Effective July 1,2020,there is a state-wide law protecting LGBT persons from discrimination in employment,housing,public accommodations,and credit. The state's hate crime laws also now explicitly include both sexual orientation and gender identity.
The following offices were up for election in the United States Commonwealth of Virginia in the November 5,2013 general election.
The 2013 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election took place on November 5,2013,to elect the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. The incumbent Lieutenant Governor,Republican Bill Bolling,had originally planned to run for Governor of Virginia in the 2013 gubernatorial election,but withdrew upon the entry of Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.
The 2013 Republican Party of Virginia convention was the process by which the Republican Party of Virginia selected its nominees for the offices governor,lieutenant governor,and attorney general for the 2013 general election in November. The convention was held on May 17 and 18,2013,in the state capital of Richmond at the Richmond Coliseum.
Paul Eugene Krizek is an American politician. He has served in the Virginia House of Delegates since 2016,representing the 44th district of Virginia in Fairfax County. Krizek is a member of the Democratic Party.
The 2021 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 2,2021,to elect the next lieutenant governor of Virginia. Incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax was eligible to run for a second term,but instead unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. On November 3,Hala Ayala conceded the race,making Republican Winsome Sears the first black woman to be elected to the lieutenant governorship of Virginia or any statewide office,as well as the first woman elected lieutenant governor in Virginia's history. Sears was also the first Jamaican-American to become a lieutenant governor.
The 2021 Virginia attorney general election was held on November 2,2021,to elect the next attorney general of Virginia. Democratic Attorney General Mark Herring attempted to win a third term. Herring initially planned to run for governor,but decided to run for re-election. Herring faced Republican nominee Jason Miyares in the general election. Herring conceded defeat at 5:02 PM EST the following day,November 3. Miyares became the first Cuban-American and Hispanic to be elected to statewide office in Virginia. Miyares was later sworn in on January 15,2022.
The 2011 Henrico County Commonwealth's Attorney election was held on November 8,2015,to elect the Commonwealth's Attorney of Henrico County,Virginia,concurrently with elections to the Senate of Virginia and Virginia House of Delegates. Incumbent Republican Commonwealth's Attorney Wade A. Kizer announced that he would be retiring from the position,making it an open contest. Republicans Matthew Geary and Bill Janis and Democrat Shannon Taylor all ran for Attorney,with Taylor beating both in the general election.
The 2009 Virginia attorney general election took place in Virginia on November 3,2009. Incumbent Attorney General Bob McDonnell was eligible for re-election,but instead opted to successfully run for Governor of Virginia. McDonnell resigned from his position in 2009 to run for governor,being succeeded by his deputy,Bill Mims.
