Government | Politics 2023: JASON MIYARES

ATTORNEY GENERAL, COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, RICHMOND

Published August 30, 2023 by Virginia Business

Miyares, whose mother fled communist Cuba in the 1960s for the United States, is the first Hispanic person elected to statewide office in Virginia. He became the state’s attorney general in 2022 after representing part of Virginia Beach in the House of Delegates for six years.

Since assuming office from a two-term Democratic AG, Republican Miyares has been repositioning the job as the state’s top cop, notably cracking down on the state Parole Board. In a report released in January, Miyares found “significant and repeated violations” of state law and board policies under its former chair. He and Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears are expected to battle for the 2025 GOP gubernatorial nomination.

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