Elections in Virginia, 2021. Jason Miyares (R) defeated Leslie Haley (R), Chuck Smith (R), and Jack White (R) in the Republican Party state convention on May 8, 2021. He advanced to the general election for attorney general on November 2, 2021. Haley and Miyares both held elected office leading up to the convention.
He served in elected office on the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors from 2000 to 2003, and was the town attorney for Lovettsville, Virginia, from 1992 to 1999. … He is the principal with The Herring Law Firm, P.C., in Leesburg, Virginia.
About the Agency. The Office of the Attorney General provides legal services to the Commonwealth’s agencies, boards, commissions, colleges and universities. They are the Commonwealth’s law firm, defending the interests of Virginians and Virginia government and also work with law enforcement throughout the Commonwealth to prepare for ...
Oct 19, 2021 · Candidates running for statewide office in Virginia explain why voters should choose them in the Nov. 2 election. Jason Miyares, who represents part of Virginia Beach as the delegate for the 82nd ...
Nominee | Jason Miyares | Mark Herring |
Party | Republican | Democratic |
Popular vote | 1,647,100 | 1,620,564 |
Percentage | 50.4% | 49.6% |
Attorney General of Virginia | |
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Incumbent Jason Miyares since January 15, 2022 | |
Style | The Honorable |
Type | Elected constitutional position |
Term length | Four years |
Nominee | Glenn Youngkin | Terry McAuliffe |
Party | Republican | Democratic |
Popular vote | 1,663,158 | 1,599,470 |
Percentage | 50.6% | 48.6% |
Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia | |
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Term length | Four years, not eligible for consecutive terms |
Inaugural holder | Patrick Henry |
Formation | July 5, 1776 |
Deputy | Lieutenant Governor of Virginia |
Miyares, a former criminal prosecutor in Virginia Beach, became the first Cuban American to be elected to the Virginia General Assembly when he won the vacant Virginia Beach House seat in 2015. He serves on three committees: General Laws, Courts of Justice and Transportation.
Called “the Commonwealth’s law firm,” Virginia’s Office of the Attorney General can conduct or assist certain criminal investigations and prosecutions, provide information to the public on scams and enforce state consumer protections laws.
Lesile Haley, a member of the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors who served as chair for two years, announced her campaign for Virginia attorney general in January. Haley said she’s running to bring “steady conservative leadership to Virginia” and that she would be guided by the rule of law if elected. Haley served as senior assistant ethics counsel ...
Chuck Smith, the former chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia Beach, is seeking another run for attorney general after failing to qualify for the GOP primary in 2017. Smith enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1970 and served as a U.S. Navy JAG Commander before retiring in 2008. The Virginia Beach lawyer is a strong advocate for gun rights, ...
Jack White. Jack White, a lawyer and U.S. Army veteran, announced his intentions to seek the Republican nomination for attorney general in early March. White, an ordained minister, says he’s a “conservative outsider” running to build up Virginia’s “civic congregation.”.
Jason Miyares ( R) defeated Leslie Haley (R), Chuck Smith (R), and Jack White ( R) in the Republican Party state convention on May 8, 2021. He advanced to the general election for attorney general on November 2, 2021. Haley and Miyares both held elected office leading up to the convention. Haley had served on the Chesterfield County Board ...
The Republican Party of Virginia held a nominating convention on May 8, 2021. Delegates selected candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general, who advanced to the November 2, 2021, general election.
White graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and received a law degree from Pepperdine Law School. He is a veteran of the Army and an ordained minister. He worked in private practice at FH+H and was appointed in 2020 by the Trump Administration to review the issue of sexual assault in the Army.
In the 2016 presidential election, Virginia was a battleground state. Hillary Clinton (D) won Virginia with 49.7 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 44.4 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Virginia voted Democratic 56.67 percent of the time and Republican 43.33 percent of the time.
The position of Attorney General is established by Article V, Section 15 of the Constitution of Virginia, and they are elected for the same time and term as the governor.
The Attorney General heads the Office of the Attorney General, also known as the Department of Law. The Attorney General and their Office have several duties and powers granted by state law. These include:
Because it is one of only three statewide elected offices in the state government, the post of Attorney General is seen as a stepping-stone to higher office, especially Governor of Virginia.
Records of this period are sparse. The attorney general was appointed by the King, a combination of the governor and council, or the governor or acting governor. There was no term of office, and the office may have been vacant for extended periods.
Jack White is a graduate of West Point and an Army veteran. He clerked for Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and now practices law in northern Virginia. “What we need right now is a warrior for our freedoms,” White told the audience, “not just somebody who can scream about it, but somebody who knows how to do it.”.
Chuck Smith is a veteran of six years in the Marine Corps and 20 as a U.S. Navy lawyer. And now, he’s in private practice in eastern Virginia. “Never before in the history of Virginia have the rights of man, the freedoms of Americans been more at stake,” Smith said.