Herring joins coalition in filing a motion to halt President Trump’s newest ploy to undermine the 2020 census and Congressional representation ~ RICHMOND (August 10, 2020) – Attorney General Mark R. Herring has joined a coalition of state attorneys general in filing a motion for partial summary judgment or, alternatively, a preliminary injunction in their lawsuit to block President Trump’s attempts […]

As part of Herring’s project to eliminate Virginia’s rape kit backlog, 2,665 kits have been tested, 851 new profiles have been added to the national DNA database, and 354 “hits” have been sent back to localities for review; Virginia is just the 7th state to eliminate its backlog. Attorney General Mark R. Herring today announced the […]

Trump’s executive order to keep processing plants open during pandemic lacks meaningful safety measures, will result in more closures and cost lives; In Virginia there were at least 260 cases of COVID-19 at two plants on the Eastern Shore ~ RICHMOND (May 12, 2020) ­–Attorney General Mark R. Herring today joined a coalition of 20 attorneys […]

RICHMOND (May 4, 2020) — Attorney General Mark R. Herring has joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general in urging the U.S. Senate to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, which the Senate allowed to expire more than a year ago. Attorney General Herring and his colleagues argue that isolation and uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic exponentially increases […]

Attorney General Herring issued the following statement after winning election to a second term as Virginia’s Attorney General: Tonight, the people of Virginia have sent an unmistakable message that will be heard across this nation. We have rejected a politics of fear and division in favor of a Commonwealth that strives for justice, equality, and […]

This article originally appeared on WTVR.com. RICHMOND, Va, — In his re-election bid, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring has the entire Democratic leadership team backing him. At a rally at a pub in the Hilton Hotel in downtown Richmond on Sunday, gubernatorial candidate Ralph Northam, lieutenant gubernatorial candidate Justin Fairfax and Gov. Terry McAuliffe supported […]

The Washington Post For attorney general, we favor the incumbent, Democrat Mark Herring. Mr. Herring won the office four years ago by assailing the partisanship of his arch-conservative Republican predecessor, Ken Cuccinelli II. Once in office, he was attacked for being almost equally activist as a champion of leftist causes. Yet Mr. Herring plausibly argued that his […]

To read the Richmond Free Press editorial in its entirety, click here. Herring for Atty. General Democrat Mark Herring, who is running for re-election, has been an active and activist attorney general. He has joined with attorneys general from around the country to try to protect Virginians from many of the harsh and unconstitutional policies […]