Governor of Virginia since 2022. Former co-CEO of the Carlyle Group, a private equity firm. Won the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election in an upset, focusing his campaign on parental rights in education and economic issues. Virginia governors are limited to a single consecutive term.
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Glenn Youngkin
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On the issues 4
Public positions Glenn Youngkin has taken on contested policy questions. Each links to the full issue page where this voice sits among others.
- Abortion access"Proposed a 15-week abortion limit in Virginia with exceptions, blocked by Democratic legislature"
- Corporate tax rate"Pushed for cuts to Virginia's corporate and individual income tax rates"
- LGBTQ civil-rights protections"Issued model policies on transgender students in schools requiring parental involvement"
- U.S. climate policy"Withdrew Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in 2023"
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Bio, position statements, and per-vote analysis are editorial work — see ROADMAP M4/M5 for the corpus expansion plan.
editorial · last refreshed 5/26/2026.Bio, position statements, and per-vote analysis are editorial work — see ROADMAP M4/M5 for the corpus expansion plan.