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During general elections in Virginia, elections are held for the statewide executive positions of governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general. Elections are also held for legislative positions in the Senate of Virginia and the Virginia House of Delegates and the county-level offices of Commonwealth's attorney, sheriff, clerk of court ...
In Virginia, the state's first Republican governor since Reconstruction, Linwood Holton, has since 2001 frequently supported Democrats in statewide races – his son-in-law, Tim Kaine, has been elected to the governorship and the U.S. Senate in that time, and served as chairman of the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Party's ...
In Libertarian Party of Virginia v. Judd, the Libertarian Party won the case regarding state residency requirements for petition circulators per the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on May 29, 2013. It was the first time a minor party had won a constitutional election law case in the Fourth Circuit since 1989 and 1988.
Virginia is one of just a handful of states that holds major elections in off years, so while special elections to replace state Sens. John McGuire, R-Goochland, and Suhas Subramanyam, D-Loudoun ...
The Democratic Party of Virginia disagreed with Youngkin’s assertion and said the governor has kowtowed to the former president throughout his term as head of the commonwealth.
The current party composition of the state attorneys general is: 22 Democrats; 28 Republicans; The composition for the District of Columbia and the 5 populated territories is: 2 Democrats; 1 Republican; 2 Independent; 1 New Progressive; Rows of the attorney general table below are color coded indicating the political party of the office holder.
Since the 1851 Virginia Attorney General election, the first Attorney General election in Virginia in which the Attorney General was elected by direct popular vote, 25 Attorneys General have been Democrats. As of 2023, Democrats hold a 21–19 majority in the Virginia Senate, and a 51–49 majority in the Virginia House of Delegates.
Mar. 15—Pittsburg County Election Board Secretary Tonya Barnes gives details about changing political party affiliation. 1 When is the deadline for voters to change their party affiliation?