Maryland H , S. Maryland legislators assume office the second Wednesday in January after the election. Massachusetts H , S. Massachusetts legislators assume office the first Wednesday in January after the election. Michigan H , S. Michigan legislators assume office at noon on the first day of January. Minnesota H , S. Minnesota legislators assume office on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January after the election. When the first Monday in January falls on January 1, it shall meet on the first Wednesday after the first Monday.
Mississippi H , S. Mississippi legislators assume office the Tuesday after the first Monday of January. Missouri H , S. Missouri legislators assume office the first day of the legislative session, which is the first Wednesday after the first Monday in January at pm. Montana H , S. Montana legislators assume office the first Monday of January following the election. If January 1 is a Monday, legislators assume office on the first Wednesday. Nebraska legislators assume office the first Wednesday after the first Monday in January.
New Jersey GA , S. New Jersey legislators assume office at noon on the second Tuesday in January following the election. New Mexico H , S. New Mexico legislators assume office on the first day of January after a general election. New York A , S.
New York legislators assume office the first day of January after a general election. North Carolina H , S. North Carolina legislators assume office on January 1 the year after their election. Ohio H , S. Ohio legislators assume office the first day of January after a general election. Oregon H , S. Oregon legislators assume office the second Monday in January following the election.
Rhode Island H , S. Rhode Island legislators assume office the first Tuesday in January. South Dakota H , S. South Dakota legislators assume office the second Tuesday in January after the general election. Texas H , S. Texas legislators assume office at the beginning of the legislative session, which starts at noon on the second Tuesday in January in the year after the election.
Utah H , S. Utah legislators assume office the first day in January. Vermont H , S. Vermont legislators assume office the first Wednesday after the first Monday in January after the election. Virginia H , S. Virginia legislators assume office the second Wednesday in January after the election. Washington H , S.
Washington legislators assume office the second Monday of January. Wisconsin A , S. Wisconsin legislators assume office the first Monday in January following the election, unless the first Monday of January falls on January 1 or 2. Gretchen Whitmer D-Michigan. January 2, Chris Sununu R-New Hampshire. January 3, Pete Ricketts R-Nebraska. Charlie Baker R-Massachusetts. January 7, Doug Ducey R-Arizona. January 8, Greg Abbott R-Texas.
January 9, January 10, Phil Scott R-Vermont. January 14, Virginia held an election for governor on November 7, Governor Terry McAuliffe D was term-limited and ineligible to run for re-election to a consecutive term.
The general election took place on November 7, A primary election was held on June 13, The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in the primary election was March 30, He defeated Ken Cuccinelli R in the general election. He defeated R. Creigh Deeds in the general election.
He defeated J. Kilgore, H. Potts, Jr. He defeated M. Early, William B. Redpath in the general election. The governor is responsible for ensuring that the laws of the state are faithfully executed and is responsible for the safety of the state, serving as commander-in-chief of the Virginia Militia. Note: Ballotpedia's state executive officials project researches state official websites for information that describes the divisions if any exist of a state executive office.
That information for the Governor of Virginia has not yet been added. After extensive research we were unable to identify any relevant information on state official websites. The state operates on a biennial budget cycle. The sequence of key events in the budget process is as follows: [10]. Virginia is one of 44 states in which the governor has line item veto authority. The legislature is not required to pass, and the governor is not required to sign, a balanced budget. However, the governor is required to make sure actual expenditures do not exceed revenues by the end of the appropriation period.
There have been 73 governors of Virginia since Acting governors are listed below but not counted. Of the 73 officeholders, 38 were Democrats, 13 were Democratic-Republicans, eight had no party, seven were Republicans, two were Conservative, two were Federalists, two were Whigs, and one was a Readjuster.
From , in Virginia there were Democratic governors in office for 10 years while there were Republican governors in office for 12 years, including the last four. Virginia was under Republican trifectas for the last two years of the study period. Across the country, there were years of Democratic governors Over the course of the year study, state governments became increasingly more partisan.
At the outset of the study period , 18 of the 49 states with partisan legislatures had single-party trifectas and 31 states had divided governments. In , only 13 states had divided governments, while single-party trifectas held sway in 36 states, the most in the 22 years studied. The chart below shows the partisan composition of the Office of the Governor of Virginia , the Virginia State Senate and the Virginia House of Delegates from to The chart below depicts the partisanship of the Virginia state government and the state's SQLI ranking for the years studied.
For the SQLI, the states were ranked from , with 1 being the best and 50 the worst. During the course of the study, Virginia experienced both Democratic and Republican trifectas as well as divided governments. For over half the years of the study, Virginia was ranked in the top This occurred during a Democratic trifecta, Republican trifectas and divided government.
Both its highest ranking, finishing 1st in , and its lowest ranking, finishing 26th in , occurred during divided governments. Governor of Virginia News Feed. What's on my ballot? Elections in How to vote How to run for office Ballot measures. Who represents me? President U. Ballotpedia features , encyclopedic articles written and curated by our professional staff of editors, writers, and researchers.
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