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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.
The Senate of Virginia is the upper house of the Virginia General Assembly. The Senate is composed of 40 senators representing an equal number of single-member constituent districts . The Senate is presided over by the lieutenant governor of Virginia .
DistrictNamePartyAreas Represented(counties)RepublicanClarke, Frederick, Shenandoah, WarrenRepublicanAugusta (part), Bath, Highland, Page, ...RepublicanAlleghany, Augusta (part), Bedford ...RepublicanMontgomery (part), Roanoke (part)Leadership. The Lieutenant Governor is the presiding officer of the Senate and is elected in a statewide election for a four-year term. Inaugurated on January 15, 2022, Winsome Earle-Sears serves as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.
The governor of Virginia is the state's head of government and commander-in-chief of the state's official national guard. The first Constitution of 1776 created the office of governor, to be elected annually by the Virginia State Legislature.
No.GovernorTerm In OfficePartyGlenn Youngkin (b. 1966) [219]January 15, 2022 [220] – Incumbent ...73Ralph Northam (b. 1959) [217]January 13, 2018 [218] – January 15, 2022 ...72Terry McAuliffe (b. 1957) [215]January 11, 2014 [216] – January 13, 2018 ...71Bob McDonnell (b. 1954) [213]January 16, 2010 [214] – January 11, 2014 ...Organization of Virginia State Government. Pursuant to § 2.2-402 of the Code of Virginia, the Secretary of the Commonwealth is responsible for maintaining "an organizational chart of state government that (i) identifies each agency, department, and institution of state government and (ii) contains a brief description of the duties of each ...
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Democrats won a 21-19 majority in the Virginia State Senate in 2019, gaining control of the chamber for the first time since 2007. The table below shows the partisan history of the Virginia Senate following every general election from 1991 to 2023.