Current Position: Governor since 2022
Affiliation: Republican

Glenn Youngkin is a homegrown Virginian who grew up in Richmond and Virginia Beach.

After earning an engineering degree at Rice University, and his MBA at Harvard Business School, Glenn and his wife Suzanne moved to Northern Virginia. Glenn landed a job at The Carlyle Group, where he spent the next 25 years. Working his way to the top of the company, Glenn played a key role in building Carlyle into one of the leading investment firms in the world. His efforts have helped fund the retirements of teachers, police officers, firefighters and other frontline public servants and supported hundreds of thousands of American jobs.

Glenn Gets It Done. August 22, 2022 1:01

Source: Campaign page

The 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election will be held on November 2, 2021, to elect the next governor of Virginia. Incumbent Democratic Governor Ralph Northam is ineligible to run for reelection, as the Constitution of Virginia prohibits the officeholder from serving consecutive terms.

The Democratic Party selected its candidate in a primary election on June 8, 2021. The Republican Party held a convention on May 8, 2021, at 37 polling locations throughout the state. On May 10, businessman Glenn Youngkin was declared the Republican nominee. Former Governor Terry McAuliffe won the Democratic primary. Teacher Princess Blanding is running under the newly formed Liberation Party.

The 2021 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election will be held on November 2, 2021. Incumbent lieutenant governor Justin Fairfax was eligible to run for a second term, but instead ran for governor

The 2021 Virginia Attorney General election will be held on November 2, 2021, to elect the next Attorney General of Virginia. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Mark Herring is running for a third term. Herring initially planned to run for governor, but decided to run for re-election. He will face Republican nominee Jason Miyares in the general election.