Abner Linwood "Lin" Holton Jr. is a Virginia political figure and attorney. He served as the 61st Governor of Virginia, from 1970 to 1974. He was the first Republican governor of Virginia in the 20th Century. He was also the first Republican who won a popular election as governor.he was born September 21,1923.
Jerry Walter Kilgore is an American attorney, politician and member of the Republican Party. He served as the Attorney General of Virginia from 2002 to 2005 and was the Republican nominee for Governor of Virginia in 2005, losing to Democratic nominee Tim Kaine. He is a partner with the law firm Cozen O'Connor and is a member of the firm's leading State Attorneys General practice in Washington, D.C. He also serves as finance chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia.
The Virginia gubernatorial election of 2005 was a race for the Governor of Virginia, United States, held on November 8, 2005, and won by Democrat Tim Kaine, who now serves as the junior senator for the state. Virginia is the only state in the United States to prohibit governors from serving successive terms, so the popular incumbent, Mark R. Warner, could not run for reelection.
The response to the 2006 State of the Union Address was delivered by Virginia Governor Tim Kaine on January 31, 2006, after United States President George W. Bush delivered his 2006 State of the Union address. The theme of Kaine's speech, "A Better Way," advocates the Democratic Party's policies and states' rights. Kaine delivered the speech from Virginia's historic Executive Mansion in Richmond and the speech was televised nationwide.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth is a member of the Virginia Governor's Cabinet. The office is currently held by Kelly Thomasson.
Katherine Keith "Kate" Hanley is an American Democratic politician in Virginia. She served as Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia from 2006 to 2010,
Brian Joseph Moran is an American politician and a member of the Democratic Party. He has served as Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security since 2014, and was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1996 until 2008, representing Northern Virginia's 46th district.
Karen Rollins Jackson is a former Virginia Secretary of Technology. Appointed in 2014 by Governor Terry McAuliffe, she was the last to serve in the office before it was dissolved under Governor Ralph Northam. She previously served from 2009 to 2014 as Deputy Secretary of Technology under Governors Tim Kaine and Bob McDonnell. Jackson was born in Newport News, Virginia and was raised in Poquoson. She attended Christopher Newport University, graduating in 1987, and received a Master in Business Administration degree from the College of William & Mary.
Jody Moses Wagner is an American politician from Virginia Beach, Virginia. A Democrat, she served as State Treasurer of Virginia from January 2002 to January 2006, and as Virginia Secretary of Finance in the Cabinet of Governor Tim Kaine from January 2006 to August 2008. She was an unsuccessful candidate for United States House of Representatives in Virginia's 2nd congressional district in 2000. She was the Democratic Party nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in the 2009 election. She lost the election to Republican incumbent Bill Bolling.
Viola Osborne Baskerville is a Virginia lawyer and politician who served in the Virginia House of Delegates (1998-2005) and as Secretary of Administration in the Cabinet of Virginia Governor Tim Kaine.
John William Marshall served as Secretary of Public Safety in the Cabinet of Virginia Governor Tim Kaine from 2006 to 2010, and Governor Mark Warner from 2002 to 2006, and was the longest-serving member of the Virginia Governor's Cabinet.
Anne Bright Holton is an American lawyer and judge who served as the Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth of Virginia from 2014 to 2016.
Aneesh Paul Chopra is an American executive who served as the first Chief Technology Officer of the United States. He was appointed in 2009 by President Barack Obama and was at the White House through 2012. Chopra previously served as Virginia’s Secretary of Technology under Governor Tim Kaine. Chopra was a candidate in 2013 for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. He is the author of Innovative State: How New Technologies Can Transform Government and co-founder and Executive Vice-President of NavHealth. He currently serves as a Senior Advisor at Albright Stonebridge Group.
Robert Spurgeon Bloxom Sr. is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Virginia. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates before becoming Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry.
Todd Patterson Haymore completed his term as Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade for Governor Terry McAuliffe on January 13, 2018. He previously served as the Virginia Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry under Governors Bob McDonnell and Terry McAuliffe. Prior to these two posts, he served in Governor Tim Kaine's administration as Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services.
Nancy Rodrigues is the Deputy Director of the 2019 Commemoration and former Virginia Secretary of Administration under Governor Terry McAuliffe. She was appointed to this position by Governor McAuliffe in December 2013, after nearly 30 years in public service and government.
Dietra Yvette Trent had served as the Virginia Secretary of Education under Governor Terry McAuliffe. She previously served as Deputy Secretary of Education from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2014 to 2016 and was elevated after Anne Holton's resignation to campaign for her husband, Tim Kaine's vice presidential bid in 2016.
Pierce Robinson Homer is a former Virginia Secretary of Transportation, serving from 2005 to 2010 under Governors Mark Warner and Tim Kaine. He was previously Deputy Secretary of Transportation from 2002 to 2005.
Patrick Owen "Pat" Gottschalk is an American attorney. A partner at Williams Mullen, he previously served as Virginia Secretary of Commerce under Governor Tim Kaine.
