Nominee | Mark Herring | John Adams |
Party | Democratic | Republican |
Popular vote | 1,385,389 | 1,209,339 |
Percentage | 53.3% | 46.6% |
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Apr 01, 2017 · Posted on April 1, 2017 by virginia8gop Congratulations to John Adams, who has become the presumptive Republican nominee for Attorney General in the 2017 general election! (For those who haven’t heard, Rob Bell dropped out of the race late last year for family reasons, and it was announced yesterday that Chuck Smith failed to qualify for the ballot by gathering …
Apr 03, 2021 · Election 2017: Virginia Attorney General Q & A. ... I am confident that as Virginia’s attorney general our legislators in Richmond will pass laws that can be defended in court.
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James Madison University1998Salem High SchoolWilliam & MaryJason Miyares/EducationEarly life and education Miyares earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from James Madison University and a Juris Doctor from College of William & Mary's Law School. He later served as an assistant commonwealth's attorney in Virginia Beach.
Mark Rankin Herring (born September 25, 1961) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 47th Attorney General of Virginia from 2014 to 2022.
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The attorney general serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United Stateson all legal matters. The attorney general is a statutory member of the Cabinet of the United States.
The title "attorney general" is an example of a noun (attorney) followed by a postpositive adjective(general).[8]". General" is a description of the type of attorney, not a title or rank in itself (as it would be in the military).[8]
The Virginia Attorney General election of 2017 was held on November 7, 2017. The incumbent attorney general, Democrat Mark Herring, was expected to run for governor, but announced he would run for re-election instead. As only Herring and Republican John Adamsqualified for their respective party primaries, the two automatically became their parties' nominees. In the general election, Herr…
• Mark Herring, incumbent Attorney General
• John Adams, navy veteran, McGuire Woods partner, former law clerk for Clarence Thomas; former Assistant United States Attorney and White House aide
• Chuck Smith, former chair of the Republican Party of Virginia Beach, candidate for VA-03 and candidate for Virginia Beach City Council
• Rob Bell, state delegate and candidate in 2013
• John Adams, navy veteran, McGuire Woods partner, former law clerk for Clarence Thomas; former Assistant United States Attorney and White House aide
• Chuck Smith, former chair of the Republican Party of Virginia Beach, candidate for VA-03 and candidate for Virginia Beach City Council
• Rob Bell, state delegate and candidate in 2013
• 2017 Virginia elections
• 2017 Virginia gubernatorial election
• 2017 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election
• 2017 United States gubernatorial elections
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• Mark Herring for Attorney General
• John Adams for Attorney General
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