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The Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia is a constitutional officer of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The lieutenant governor is elected every four years along with the governor and attorney general. The office is currently held by Winsome Earle Sears, who was elected in 2021 and is the first woman of color to hold this position.
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Winsome Earle-Sears is the current lieutenant governor of Virginia and presides over the Senate. She is also a member of several state boards, commissions and councils, such as the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation and the Virginia Military Advisory Council.
Winsome was first elected in 2002 to a majority Black House of Delegates district, a first for a Republican in Virginia since 1865. She is the first female Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the first Black female elected statewide, and the first naturalized female elected to statewide office.
The Lieutenant Governor of Virginia is an elected constitutional officer, the second ranking officer of the executive branch and the first officer in line to succeed the Governor of Virginia. The lieutenant governor is popularly elected every four years by a plurality and, unlike the governor, may run for re-election. Current officer
Jan 15, 2022 · Updated: 1:35 PM EST January 15, 2022. RICHMOND, Va. — When Winsome Sears is sworn in as Virginia's lieutenant governor Saturday, she'll make history two times over. First, she becomes the first ...
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Nov 4, 2021 · Sears, a U.S. Marine veteran and former delegate, won the Republican nomination in 2021. She campaigned with Glenn Youngkin, the new governor, and advocated for conservative policies and gun rights.