2021 Virginia Attorney General electionNomineeJason MiyaresMark HerringPartyRepublicanDemocraticPopular vote1,647,1001,620,564Percentage50.4%49.6%1 more row
Attorney General of VirginiaSeal of the Attorney General of VirginiaIncumbent Jason Miyares since January 15, 2022StyleThe HonorableTypeElected constitutional position4 more rows
Greensboro, NCJason Miyares / Place of birth
An Attorney General shall be elected by the qualified voters of the Commonwealth at the same time and for the same term as the Governor; and the fact of his election shall be ascertained in the same manner.
Personal life. Miyares and his wife, Paige (Atkinson) Miyares, have three daughters and live in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
46 years (February 11, 1976)Jason Miyares / Age
Republican PartyJason Miyares / PartyThe Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP, is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with its main historic rival, the Democratic Party. Wikipedia
February 11, 1976 (age 46 years)Jason Miyares / Date of birth
Coyner has served as a member of the Chesterfield County School Board since 2011. A Republican, Coyner ran in 2019 to succeed retiring delegate Riley Ingram for the 62nd district. She faced Democrat Lindsey Dougherty in the 2019 election, and won with 55.1% of the vote.
In the general election on November 7, 2017, Democratic nominee Ralph Northam defeated Republican nominee Ed Gillespie, winning by the largest margin for a Democrat since 1985. Northam assumed office as the 73rd Governor of Virginia on January 13, 2018.
A lieutenant governor is an official in state governments of 45 out of 50 of the United States. In most cases, the lieutenant governor is the highest officer of state after the governor, standing in for that officer when they are absent from the state or temporarily incapacitated.
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia Winsome Earle-Sears.