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Counties in Virginia
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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the 100 largest cities in America by population and the largest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities. Ballotpedia also covers mayors, city councils, and district attorneys in all state capitals.
This page includes the following resources:
- The county governments covered by Ballotpedia in Virginia
- A list and map of counties in Virginia
- An overview of local elections in Virginia
- An overview of the initiative process in Virginia
Counties
County government
Ballotpedia does not have any county governments in this state in its coverage scope.
Full list of counties
According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 95 counties, 228 cities, towns, and villages, and 193 special districts. There are 38 independent cities in the state.[1]
The following table defaults to displaying only 25 counties at a time. To change the number of counties displayed, use the drop-down menu above the upper left-hand corner of the table. You can also use the search bar above the upper-right corner of the table to look up a specific county.
Map of counties
Counties in blue on the map below are part of Ballotpedia's county coverage scope:
Elections
Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state; click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.
2025
- Chesapeake, Virginia - Commissioner of revenue, commonwealth's attorney, sheriff, and treasurer
- Norfolk, Virginia - Commissioner of revenue, commonwealth's attorney, sheriff, and treasurer
- Richmond, Virginia - Commonwealth's attorney, sheriff, and treasurer
- Virginia Beach, Virginia - Commissioner of revenue, commonwealth's attorney, sheriff, and treasurer
- Virginia school board elections
2024
- Chesapeake, Virginia - Mayor and city council
- Norfolk, Virginia - Mayor and city council
- Richmond, Virginia - Mayor and city council
- Virginia Beach, Virginia - Mayor, sheriff (special), and city council
- Virginia school board elections
2023
- Chesapeake, Virginia - Soil and water conservation director and treasurer (special election)
- Virginia Beach, Virginia - Soil and water conservation director
- Virginia school board elections
2022
- Chesapeake, Virginia - City council
- Norfolk, Virginia - City council
- Virginia Beach, Virginia - City council (regular & special)
- Virginia school board elections
2021
- Chesapeake, Virginia - Commissioner of revenue, commonwealth's attorney, sheriff, and treasurer
- Norfolk, Virginia - Commissioner of revenue, commonwealth's attorney, sheriff, and treasurer
- Richmond, Virginia - Commonwealth's attorney, sheriff, and treasurer
- Virginia Beach, Virginia - Commissioner of revenue, commonwealth's attorney, sheriff, and treasurer
2020
- Chesapeake, Virginia - Mayor, city council
- Norfolk, Virginia - Mayor, city council superwards
- Richmond, Virginia - Mayor, city council
- Virginia Beach, Virginia - Mayor, city council
- Virginia school board elections
Initiative process availability
The initiative process is available in the four of the 229 Virginia charter municipalities that have exercised their home rule authority to institute such a process. They are Hampton, Lynchburg, Norfolk, and Portsmouth.[2]
See also
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