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 represented 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 Azlan Salim. Salim won the general election,and assumed office on January 10,2024.
Kenneth Thomas "Cooch”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.
The following offices were up for election in the United States Commonwealth of Virginia in the November 2009 general election:
David William Marsden is an American politician of the Democratic Party. In 2010 he was elected to represent the 37th district,a portion of Fairfax County,in the Senate of Virginia,and later re-elected to the senate.
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 was a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 2002 until 2023. In 2013,Bell ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for Attorney General of Virginia. He resigned from his seat prior to his final term ending in 2023 to join Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares's office.
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,Virginia,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. This was the 5th consecutive election in which the Republican nominee was an Attorney General of Virginia.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,transgender,and queer (LGBTQ) people in the U.S. state of Virginia enjoy the same rights as non-LGBTQ people. LGBTQ rights in the state are a relatively 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 LGBTQ 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.
The 2017 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on November 7,2017. Incumbent Democratic governor Terry McAuliffe was unable to run for re-election,as the Constitution of Virginia prohibits the officeholder from serving consecutive terms;he later ran unsuccessfully for a second term in 2021.
Paul Eugene Krizek is an American politician. He has served in the Virginia House of Delegates since 2016,representing the 16th 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.
The 2025 Virginia Attorney General election will be held on November 4,2025,to elect the next attorney general of Virginia. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares is running for re-election.
