VA Constitution
The age of a candidate for governor must be this number.
What is 30?
The state of VA is divided into this many senate districts.
What is 40?
These are the three primary types of VA local governments.
What are county, city, and town?
He is the architect of Virginia's Capitol.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The paid staff of the VA Senate, including pages and page program staff, must remain unbiased towards any party or issue. This is known as being ______.
What is non-partisan?
According to Article VI (6) of the VA Consitution, the Supreme Court has this many judges.
What is seven?
The VA Senate has this many committees.
What is 11?
The body in charge of a county government is called _______.
What is the Board of Supervisors?
The Senate leadership offices are located here.
What is the 14th floor of the GAB?
This group of Senate staff works in offices in the corner of the third floor of the GAB.
Who are Committee Operations?
This article of the VA Constitution designates the three divisions of power.
What is Article III (3)?
This is always the yearly opening day of the Virginia General Assembly.
What is the second Wednesday in January?
The Clerk of the Court of a county or city serves a term this long.
What is eight (8) years?
Large Senate committee meetings are held here.
What is the third floor of the GAB?
To be elected to this executive branch office a person must be 30 years old, must have been admitted to the Commonwealth bar, and must have lived in the Commonwealth for at least five years prior to the election date.
Who is the Attorney General?
One of the duties of this body is to regulate the rates that electric and other utilities can charge.
What is the State Corporation Commission?
If the Lieutenant Governor is unable to preside over the VA Senate, this person takes his/her place.
Who is the President pro tempore?
Who is Senator Lucas?
The powers and scope of local governments are very limited by this legal principle.
What is the Dillon Rule?
The governor's 'ceremonial office' is located here.
What is the third floor of the Capitol?
Floor amendments and substitutes to a bill are agreed to during this reading on the Senate floor. (It's also when full debate of bill happens in the House of Delegates.)
What is the second reading?
A current bill of the 2026 session is seeking to change the plan of this body, described in Article II Section 6-A.
What is the VA Redistricting Commission?
This is a meeting of members of a specific political party, a specific locality, a shared ethnicity, or other uniting factors.
What is a caucus?
This form of local government does not have constitutional officers.
What is a town?
Where in the Capitol did a major gallery (or balcony) accident happen in 1870?
What is the old Supreme Court of Appeals?
What is the old House chamber?
Abigail Spanberger held this elected office prior to becoming Virginia's first female governor.
What is a US Representative?
(of the 7th congressional district - Fredricksburg, Culpeper area)