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The attorney general of Virginia is an elected constitutional position that holds an executive office in the government of Virginia. Attorneys general are elected for a four-year term in the year following a presidential election. There are no term limits restricting the number of terms someone can serve as attorney general. [1]
Jason Stuart Miyares (born February 11, 1976) is an American attorney and politician serving as the 48th Attorney General of Virginia since 2022. A Republican, he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2015, from the 82nd district in northeastern Virginia Beach, and served three terms from 2016 to 2022.
Jerry Walter Kilgore (born August 23, 1961) is an American attorney and politician. A Republican, he served as Attorney General of Virginia from 2002 to 2005 and was the Republican nominee for Governor of Virginia in 2005, losing to Democratic nominee Tim Kaine.
Jun. 18—richmond, va. — Attorney General Jason Miyares announced Monday that a new Elder Abuse Investigation Center was coming to Central Virginia. Attorney General Miyares was joined by ...
The statewide elected officials are governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general. All three officers are separately elected four-year terms in years following presidential elections (1997, 2001, 2005, etc.) and take office in January of the following year. Virginia is one of only five states that elects its state
He represented much of southern Richmond, as well as all of the cities of Petersburg and Hopewell and portions of Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and Prince George counties. He lost the 2023 Democratic primary for his district. He served as Commonwealth's Attorney of Richmond 1989–93 and was first elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in ...
The Virginia State Bar organized a debate between the two attorney general candidates in Virginia Beach on June 19, 2017. [13] Their final debate was hosted by the Loudoun Chamber of Commerce on October 20, 2017. [14] Adams portrayed himself as a classic conservative. [15]
After graduating, Taylor moved to Richmond, Virginia and worked at Hunton & Williams as a paralegal before attending University of Richmond School of Law and receiving her Juris Doctor in 1995. Shannon began her legal career as a prosecutor in the City of Richmond Commonwealth's Attorney Office and later served as Special Assistant in the ...