To view the full electoral history for Attorney General of Virginia, click to expand the full section. Incumbent Mark Herring (D) defeated John Adams (R) in the election for Attorney General of Virginia. On November 5, 2013, Mark Herring won election to the office of Attorney General of Virginia.
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 Attorney General of Virginia is elected every four years at the same time the governor is elected. These elections take place one year after the presidential elections. In Virginia, 2021, 2025, 2029, and 2033 are all election years for the attorney general.
The attorney general provides legal advice and representation for all state agencies. The attorney general also provides written legal advice in the form of official opinions to members of the Virginia General Assembly and other government officials. This page focuses on Virginia's general election for attorney general.
RICHMOND, Va. -- The Republican Party of Virginia announced late Sunday that state Del. Jason Miyares has won its nomination for attorney general, as the party works to tabulate the votes for several state offices cast by tens of thousands of Virginia Republicans. Hand-counting of the ballots began earlier Sunday with several dozen people managing ...
In that party's nominating contest for attorney general, state Del. Jay Jones is challenging incumbent Mark Herring. The Washington Post reported that the start of Sunday's vote-counting was briefly delayed after a housekeeper entered the ballroom where the ballots were stored and snapped tamper-proof tape that had been used to seal the room.
A primary election was held on June 13, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in the primary election was March 30, 2017. Ralph Northam (D) defeated Ed Gillespie (R) and Cliff Hyra (Libertarian) in the election for Governor of Virginia.
Convention process. The Republican Party of Virginia will hold a nominating convention on May 8, 2021. Delegates will select candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general, who will advance to the November 2, 2021, general election. Delegates are selected as representatives of their voting units.
Chase is a member of the Virginia State Senate, first elected in 2015.
Chase, Cox, and Doran participated in a forum focused on education issues hosted by the Coalition for TJ, the Chinese American Parents Association of Northern Virginia, and Capital IIT. Snyder submitted a video introduction that was shown during the forum. Merle Rutledge also participated, but failed to qualify to participate in the convention.
Commentary on the Republican convention has focused on four candidates: Amanda Chase, Kirk Cox, Pete Snyder, and Glenn Youngkin. The Richmond Times-Dispatch 's Mel Leonor described the convention as "a bellwether of the GOP's identity in the post-Trump era.".
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Democrats in the Virginia House of Delegates faced more challengers than Republicans in the primary, with 14 incumbents having to run in the primary. In total, voters in 19 House districts selected Democratic nominees for the general election.
The Virginia GOP opted for a party-run convention in early May to select its statewide candidates, leaving those races up to convention delegates and not primary voters.
Winner of the Virginia Democratic gubernatorial primary, former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, gestures as he addresses the crowd during an election party in McLean, Va., Tuesday, June 8, 2021. McAuliffe faced four other Democrats in Tuesday’s primary. AP/Steve Helber.
Noting the low turnout numbers, Virginia Republican Party Chairman Rich Anderson in a statement said in part “It’s safe to say that Republicans are the most excited group in Virginia for Terry McAuliffe’s primary win.”.
Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe (D-VA) greets supporters after speaking during an election night event after winning the Democratic primary for governor on June 8, 2021 in McLean, Virginia.
Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe (D-VA) speaks during an election night event after winning the Democratic primary for governor on June 8, 2021 in McLean, Virginia. McAuliffe will face Republican nominee Glenn Youngkin in the state’s general election this fall.
Many political observers are calling the Virginia election a bellwether for the 2022 midterms, in part because there aren’t many other elections to pay attention to in this odd-numbered year and partly since it will test the state’s reputation as an increasingly Democratic one. Republicans haven’t won a statewide office since 2009.
At an event in Richmond Tuesday night, Gov. Ralph Northam, who was lieutenant governor during McAuliffe’s first term, introduced the presumptive nominee by saying, “We cannot let the party of ‘no’ take over again in the state of Virginia.” Indeed, though McAuliffe would be a repeat governor, his speech focused on moving forward.
The former governor touted his (and Northam’s) ability to work with “reasonable Republicans,” adding that “Glenn Youngkin is not a reasonable Republican.”. He described some of Youngkin’s policy positions as being “not even the priorities of most Republicans.”.