<Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.governor.virginia.gov/ </Td> </Tr> <P> The Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia serves as the chief executive of the Commonwealth of Virginia for a four - year term . The current holder of the office is Terry McAuliffe, who was sworn in on January 11, 2014 . His term will expire on January 13, 2018, when he will be succeeded by Ralph Northam . </P> <P> Candidates for governor must be United States citizens who have resided in Virginia and been a registered voter for five years prior to the election in which they are running . The candidates must be at least 30 years of age . </P> <P> Unlike other state governors, Virginia governors are not allowed to serve consecutive terms . They have been barred from immediate re-election since the adoption of Virginia's second constitution, in 1830 . However, a former governor is permitted to run for a second term in a future election . Only two governors since 1830, William Smith and Mills Godwin, were elected to additional terms . Smith's second term came after Virginia seceded from the Union, while Godwin became the first ever governor in American history to be elected by both major parties when the former Democrat was elected in 1973 as a Republican . </P>

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