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After serving for three terms in the state legislature, he ran and was elected the 48th Attorney General of Virginia in November 2021. Jason Miyares is the first Hispanic American to be elected to a statewide office in Virginia, and the first child of an immigrant to be Attorney General.
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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.
Steven Popps serves as Chief Deputy Attorney General of Virginia. From January 2022 to May 2024, Steven served as Deputy Attorney General for the Civil Division. Prior to joining Attorney General Miyares' administration, Popps was a litigation partner at an international law firm.
Jan 15, 2022 · RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Republican Jason Miyares was sworn in as Virginia’s attorney general on Saturday, becoming the first Latino to hold statewide office. Miyares defeated Democrat Mark...
Jan 3, 2022 · Attorney General-elect Jason Miyares has announced that Charles “Chuck” Slemp III, the commonwealth’s attorney of Wise County and Norton, will become his chief deputy attorney general when he takes office January 15.
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The attorney general of Virginia is an elected constitutional position that holds an executive office in the government of Virginia. Attorneys general are elected for a four-year term in the year following a presidential election.