Henrico County,officially the County of Henrico,is located in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020 census,the population was 334,389 making it the fifth-most populous county in Virginia. Henrico County is included in the Greater Richmond Region. There is no incorporated community within Henrico County;therefore,there is no incorporated county seat either. Laurel,an unincorporated CDP,serves this function.
The Greater Richmond Transit Company,known locally as GRTC Transit System,is a local government-owned public service company which operates an urban-suburban bus line based in Richmond,Virginia. In 2022,the system had a ridership of 8,739,400,or about 28,700 per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2022.
Joseph Dee Morrissey is an American Democratic politician,businessman,and former lawyer who won election to both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly from districts including Richmond or surrounding Henrico County,Virginia. He currently represents Virginia's 16th Senate district,having been elected during the 2019 election. He represents much of southern Richmond,as well as all of the cities of Petersburg and Hopewell and portions of Chesterfield,Dinwiddie and Prince George counties.
The following offices were up for election in the United States Commonwealth of Virginia in the November 2009 general election:
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.
Peter Francis Farrell is an American politician. From 2012 to 2018 he served in the Virginia House of Delegates,representing the 56th district,made up of Louisa County and parts of Goochland,Henrico,and Spotsylvania Counties,to the north and west of Richmond.
Levar Marcus Stoney is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Virginia and the 80th mayor of Richmond,Virginia. He served as the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia from 2014 through 2016,the youngest member of Governor Terry McAuliffe's administration.
Lamont Bagby is an American politician of the Democratic Party. On November 3,2015,he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates,representing the 74th district,which includes Charles City County,parts of Henrico County and the city of Richmond. Bagby serves as Chair of the bicameral Virginia Legislative Black Caucus. He is a former member of the Henrico County School Board.
The government of Richmond,Virginia,headquartered at Richmond City Hall in Downtown Richmond,is organized under the Charter of Richmond,Virginia and provides for a "strong" mayor-council system. The mayor is elected to a four-year term and is responsible for the administration of city government. The Richmond City Council is a unicameral body consisting of nine members,each elected to represent a geographic district. The city of Richmond is located in the 13th Judicial Circuit of Virginia,and its court system consists of a circuit court and four district courts.
Mary Janipher Bennett Malveaux is a judge of the Virginia Court of Appeals.
Richmond,Virginia,experienced a series of protests in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. Richmond was the first city in the Southeastern United States to see rioting following Floyd's murder. Richmond,formerly the capital of the short-lived Confederate States of America,saw much arson and vandalism to monuments connected with that polity,particularly along Monument Avenue.
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.
Tuong Tony Huu Pham is an American attorney who served as an Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from August 25,2020 to December 31,2020. A Vietnamese refugee,Pham emigrated from Saigon to the United States with his family in 1975,gaining citizenship in 1985. He graduated from William &Mary Law School in 1995 and from University of Richmond School of Law in 1999,becoming a prosecutor and earning awards from the Old Dominion Bar Association and Style Weekly.
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 2015 Henrico County Commonwealth's Attorney election was held on November 3,2015,to elect the Commonwealth's Attorney of Henrico County,Virginia,concurrently with elections to the Senate of Virginia and Virginia House of Delegates. Incumbent Democratic Commonwealth's Attorney Shannon Taylor won reelection to a second term against Republican nominee Tony Pham by a wide margin.
The 2019 Henrico County Commonwealth's Attorney election was held on November 5,2019,to elect the Commonwealth's Attorney of Henrico County,Virginia,concurrently with elections to the Senate of Virginia and Virginia House of Delegates. Incumbent Democratic Commonwealth's Attorney Shannon Taylor won reelection to a second term against Republican nominee Owen Conway,a former worker for the office,by a wide margin.
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 eligible to run for re-election.
The 2023 Virginia House of Delegates election is scheduled to be held on Tuesday,November 7,2023,concurrently with elections for the Virginia Senate,to elect members of the 163rd Virginia General Assembly. All 100 delegates are elected to two-year terms single-member districts. Nomination primaries held through the Department of Elections are to be held June 20,2023.
The 2023 Virginia's 4th congressional district special election was a special election to the U.S. House of Representatives that was held to fill Virginia's 4th congressional district for the remainder of the 118th United States Congress. The seat became vacant after incumbent Democrat Donald McEachin died on November 28,2022,of colorectal cancer. State Senator Jennifer McClellan was declared the victor shortly after the polls closed,winning in a landslide against her Republican opponent.
On March 6,2023,28-year-old Irvo Otieno died after he was restrained by Henrico County sheriff's deputies and hospital employees at Central State Hospital in Dinwiddie County,Virginia,near Petersburg. He was arrested on March 3 for a suspected breaking and entering,and was taken to the hospital three days later after he was found naked in his cell. A total of ten people,seven deputies and three hospital employees,were charged with second-degree murder in connection with Otieno's death.
