Governor
Winsome Earle-Sears
Winsome Earle-Sears, a native of Kingston, Jamaica, immigrated to the United States at the age of six. She is proud to have served in the United States Marine Corps.
In addition to her various appointments, she has served as the Vice President of the Virginia State Board of Education; and as a presidential appointee to the US Census Bureau, as co-chair of the African American Committee; and the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Winsome was first elected in 2002 to a majority Black House of Delegates district, a first for a Republican in Virginia since 1865.
She is the first female Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the first Black female elected to statewide office. As Lieutenant Governor, Winsome Earle-Sears presides over the Senate when they are in session.
A former program manager for the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce and VISTA volunteer, Winsome is a trained electrician and successful businesswoman. However, Winsome is most proud of her community work leading a men’s prison ministry and as director of a women’s homeless shelter.
She holds a B.A. in English with a minor in Economics, and an M.A. in Organizational Leadership, with a concentration in Government. Winsome and her husband, Terence, have two daughters Katia and Janel, in addition to DeJon, and granddaughters Victoria and Faith, who are now looking into the face of God.
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Lieutenant Governor
John Reid
For the last 8 years, John Reid has been the popular, award-winning host of one of America’s longest-running morning shows at NewsRadio WRVA in Richmond.
He has served as Vice Chair on the executive board of the Henrico GOP Committee, was elected as an alternate Delegate to the Republican National Committee in 2020, and served as a Delegate in 2024.
Previously, Reid served as the Director of Editorial Communications for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and was Senate Communications Director for U.S. Senator George Allen of Virginia during the Senator’s time on the Foreign Relations Committee. He was also elected and served as the President of the bipartisan U.S. Senate Press Secretaries Association.
In addition, Reid had the distinction of serving as one of the last interns to President Ronald Reagan in his Los Angeles office, following his presidency. During this time, he traveled with Reagan, drafting much of his correspondence and public remarks, and assisting the press secretary.
Reid was a television news anchor in Richmond for a decade and also worked as an investigative reporter covering murders, consumer affairs, government corruption, and political malfeasance.
He led communications seminars for the new parliament of Iraq in Baghdad during the war and became a partner and director of international development at one of Washington, DC’s most influential global consulting firms. He was based in the Middle East during the turmoil of the so-called “Arab Spring.”
In 2016-17, John was the Chief Communications Officer for the largest new veterans organization in America: The Iraq Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA).
John is a product of Henrico County Public Schools, a 1992 graduate of Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and St. Christopher’s School in Virginia. He now resides with his partner, Alonzo, in Richmond.
Go to https://www.johnreidforvirginia.com to learn more!
Attorney General
Jason Miyares
Attorney General Jason Miyares’ story doesn’t start in Virginia, but in Havana, Cuba, when his mother, Miriam Miyares, fled communist Cuba penniless and homeless.
She immigrated to Virginia and raised Jason to appreciate freedom, fairness, and justice for all. A product of Virginia public schools, Jason graduated with a Bachelors in Business Administration from James Madison University and received his J.D. from the College of William and Mary School of Law.
Jason served as a prosecutor in the Virginia Beach Commonwealth’s Attorney Office, where he worked alongside law enforcement to keep our families safe.
In 2015, almost fifty years to the day that she fled Cuba, Miriam was able to vote for Jason to represent her in the Virginia House of Delegates. After serving for three terms in the state legislature, he ran and was elected the 48th Attorney General of Virginia.
Since his inauguration in January 2022, Jason has been focused on fighting violent crime and improving public safety, strengthening economic growth, combatting the deadly impact of opioids and fentanyl, and protecting Virginians from corporate misconduct.
His office has secured over $1 billion in opioid settlements for drug addiction and recovery from pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors, holding them accountable for their role in the opioid epidemic.
He kept his promise to Virginians by investigating how Loudoun County Public Schools allowed TWO students to be sexually assaulted by the same offender. The result? A fired superintendent who was also convicted of retaliatory firing.
Jason also launched Operation Ceasefire during his first year – a multifaceted approach to fighting violent crime by focusing on violence intervention in communities and aggressive prosecution of violent gun crimes. It has put violent offenders who were on our streets behind bars.
Jason Miyares is the first Hispanic American to be elected to a statewide office in Virginia, and the first child of an immigrant to be attorney general.
Jason Miyares is a husband and a proud father of three. With a heart of gratitude for being able to live the American Dream, he has dedicated his life to preserving that dream for the next generation.
Go to https://jasonmiyares.com to learn more!
