Virginia has a bicameral legislative branch called the General Assembly, consisting of the Senate and House of Delegates, which makes the laws. The executive branch is headed by a governor who enforces these laws. The governor appoints a Cabinet to help oversee state functions. Key roles include the lieutenant governor, who can succeed the governor, and the attorney general, who acts as the state's legal representative.

1. 1. Name Virginia’s Legislative body.
• General Assembly
2. What are the 2 houses in the General
Assembly?
• State Senate and House of Delegates
3. What is the primary responsibility of Virginia’s
legislative branch?
• Make laws for Virginia

3. Virginia’s Executive Branch is headed by a
Governor who is granted the power to
execute the laws of Virginia according to the
Virginia Constitution.
The Governor appoints a Cabinet who helps him
oversee the functions of Virginia’s government

4. Virginia Executive
Branch
Governor
Lieutenant
Governor
Attorney General
Cabinet
Agencies,
commissions
Regulatory boards

5. 1. The governor serves as the chief
executive of Virginia.
2. A governor of Virginia serves a 4 year term
in office.
3. Virginia’s current governor is Terry
McAuliffe. Political party Democrat

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A president is responsible for governing the entire nation,
whereas a governor enforces the laws of a state.

7. 4. What are the 3 qualifications to become a
governor of Virginia?
• US citizen
• Reside in Virginia for 5 years
• 30 years old
5. Is a governor allowed to run for consecutive
(back-to-back) terms in office? NO

8. First Woman Governor Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming was the first
woman elected governor of a state. She was elected on November 9,
1924 to fill the unexpired term of her husband.

9. 6. How many terms may a governor serve? It
is unlimited but it CANNOT be
consecutive
7. Name at least 5 duties/responsibilities of a
governor?
 Live in Virginia
 Report to the General Assembly
 Call special sessions of the General
Assembly
 Execute laws of Virginia
 Safety of the state
 Command the Virginia militia

10. 8. The salary of a Virginia governor is
$175, 000

11. The Governor wants
to cut state taxes. In
which role would he
propose these tax
cuts?

12. 10. The Cabinet is responsible for advising
the governor.
11. Cabinet officers are nominated by the
governor and approved by the General
Assembly.

13. 12. The Cabinet departments, agencies,
commissions and regulatory boards-
 administers laws for the governor
 Enforces laws for the governor
 regulates businesses and the economy for
the governor
 provides services for the people of Virginia

14. 13. Name 4 official duties of a Lieutenant
Governor?
 Serve as president of the State Senate
 Preside over the State Senate
 1st in line of succession to the governor
 Serve as a member of several boards,
commissions, councils

15. 14. How is it possible to have a governor and a
lieutenant governor from different political
parties in Virginia?
The governor and Lt. governor are elected
separately not on the same ticket as a
president and vice- president.
(they are elected in the same year)

16. 15. A lieutenant governor serves a 4 year term
and there is no term limit.

17. 17. The office of the Attorney General is the
Commonwealth’s law firm.
18. Who are the Attorney General’s clients?
 Virginia state government
 State agencies, boards, commissions
19. What is one thing the Attorney General
cannot do? Give legal advice to private
citizens

18. 20. Name 3 key duties of the Attorney Gernal.
• serve as an attorney for the state
• Uphold the US and Virginia Consitutions
• Clarify the law
• Investigate and prosecute criminal acts,
neglect, abuse, fraud…

20. In the cartoonist’s view,
what is the impact of the
federal government’s
decision to transfer
responsibility
for welfare to
the states?
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