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The 2021 Virginia attorney general election was held on November 2, 2021, to elect the next attorney general of Virginia. Democratic Attorney General Mark Herring attempted to win a third term. Herring initially planned to run for governor, but decided to run for re-election. Herring faced Republican nominee Jason Miyares in the general election.
The 2025 Virginia Attorney General election will be held on November 4, 2025, to elect the next attorney general of Virginia. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares is eligible to run for re-election.
Incumbent attorney general Mark Herring ran for re-election to a third term. He was re-elected in 2017 with 53.3% of the vote. A primary challenge by delegate Jay Jones was supported by Governor Ralph Northam, as well as several federal and state legislators. [5] Jason Miyares was elected the first Cuban American and Hispanic Attorney General ...
The Virginia Constitution of 1851 provided for the popular election of the attorney general. [3] Mary Sue Terry, sworn in in 1986, was Virginia's first female attorney general. [4] Jason Miyares, sworn in on January 15, 2022, is the state's first Latino attorney general. [5]
Jason Miyares. 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.
The 2024 West Virginia Attorney General election will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect the next attorney general of West Virginia, concurrently with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as various state and local elections, including for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and governor of West Virginia.
Mark Rankin Herring (born September 25, 1961) [1] is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 47th Attorney General of Virginia from 2014 to 2022. A Democrat, he previously served in the Senate of Virginia since a 2006 special election, representing the 33rd district, made up of parts of Fairfax and Loudoun counties.
The 1993 Virginia Attorney General election was held on November 2, 1993, to elect the next attorney general of Virginia. The Republican nominee, Jim Gilmore , defeated the Democratic nominee, William Dolan, by around 12 percent.