The 2021 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 2021, to elect the next Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. Incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax was eligible to run for a second term, but instead unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.[1] On November 3, Hala Ayala conceded the race,[2] making RepublicanWinsome Sears the first black woman to be elected to the lieutenant governorship of Virginia or any statewide office. Sears was also the first Jamaican-American to be lieutenant governor.
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- Hala Ayala, member of the Virginia House of Delegates[3][4]
- Mark Levine, member of the Virginia House of Delegates and former candidate for Virginia’s 8th congressional district in 2014[5]
- Andria McClellan, Norfolk city councilwoman[6]
- Sean Perryman, president of the Fairfax CountyNAACP[7]
- Sam Rasoul, member of the Virginia House of Delegates and nominee for Virginia’s 6th congressional district in 2008[8]
- Xavier Warren, sports agent[3][9]
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