Former Republican Delegate from the 20th district, Christ Saxman, has put together a list of those who are likely to be running for the top positions in Virginia Government in 2021:
GOVERNOR
Democrats
Former Governor Terry McAuliffe
Delegate Jennifer Carroll Foy (#93 out of 100 in the House)
Senator Jennifer McClellan (#24 out of 100 in the Senate)
Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax
Republicans
Senator Amanda Chase (#34 out of 40 in the Senate)
Former Senator Bill Carrico (#4 out of 40 in the Senate)
Neil Chatterjee (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman) Delegate and former Speaker Kirk Cox (#10 out of 100 in the House)
Senator Emmett Hanger (#1 in Senate)
Pete Snyder – businessman
Pete Doran–Chairman “Let’s Win Virginia”
Possibly Senator Bill Stanley
Republican/Independent
Congressman Denver Riggleman
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Democrats
Delegate Hala Ayala (#85 out of 100 in the House)
Paul Goldman, former DPV chairman
Delegate Elizabeth Guzman (#96 out of 100 in the House)
Andria McClellan – Norfolk City Council
Sean Perryman – Fairfax NAACP
Delegate Sam Rasoul (#97 out of 100 in the House)
Republicans
Lance Allen, Fauquier County, more here
Delegate Glenn Davis (#30 out of 100 in the House)
Former Fairfax Delegate Tim Hugo (#33 out of 100 in the House)
Puneet Ahluwalia – businessman
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Democrats
Attorney General Mark Herring
Delegate Jay Jones (#46 out of 100 in the House)
Henrico Commonwealth Attorney Shannon Taylor
Delegate and Majority Leader Charniele Herring (#55 out of 100 in the House)
Republicans
Chuck Smith
Senator Bill Stanley (#17 out of 40 in the Senate) also to be looking at Attorney General
Perhaps Mark Obenshain, but Stanley and Obenshain will not run against each other. If Stanley runs for Governor, Obenshain will run for AG.
No doubt there will be more to come over the next year.
