- The commissioner of revenue is responsible for all state and local taxes, including enforcing payment of taxes, accepting taxes, and auditing tax returns. 
- The commissioner’s office helps Virginia taxpayers in the county file their state and local tax returns each year. 
- Most commissioners of revenue are elected in odd years in Virginia for four year terms. Elections are partisan. 

The top county official in charge of taxes

Chesterfield

Virginia

2023 Virginia General Elections

Taxes

Budget

Revenue Commissioner

- Virginia sheriffs oversee local jails, provide courthouse security, serve legal documents, and transport inmates.  
- Sheriffs are elected to four-year terms in odd-numbered years with no term limits. Elections are partisan. 

The chief law enforcement officer for your county or city.

Public Safety

Criminal Justice

Jail Management

Sheriff

- The district board is in charge of conserving, improving, and protecting Virginia's natural resources, with a focus on soil and water. They make plans to conserve soil resources, control and prevent soil erosion, prevent floods, and conserve, develop, use and dispose of water. 
- Directors are responsible for providing local representation on conservation issues. Historically directors were agricultural landowners, but today they represent a variety of issues and perspectives. 
- A major responsibility of district boards is to control and prevent pollution of Virginia's waterways.  
- Each of the 47 districts is represented by a combination of appointed and elected directors, both of which are unpaid. Elected directors are elected in nonpartisan elections to four year terms. 

Works to ensure the conservation of your county's natural resources

Environment

Administration

Soil and Water Conservation Director

- The board of supervisors collaborates to establish and carry out county policies, including setting local tax rates, approving land use plans, and managing the county budget.  
- Board members are responsible for appointing county officials and overseeing key areas such as education, public safety, environmental regulations, business policies, and transportation systems.  
- Each supervisor typically represents a specific district within the county.  
- In Virginia, most supervisors are elected in partisan races during odd-numbered years and serve four-year terms.

Passes laws and regulations for your county.

Dale

Small Businesses

Transportation & Infrastructure

Housing & Urban Development

Public Services

Taxes & Budget

Economy

Energy & the Environment

County Supervisor

Matoaca

Clover Hill

Bermuda

Midlothian

- The school board runs the public school system, and it is entirely independent from the rest of the county government. 
- School board members work together to make school policy, set the budget, and appoint the superintendent to run the schools day to day. 
- Some school board members are elected by the entire city, while others represent specific districts. 
- School board members are elected to four-year terms in nonpartisan elections.

2023 Virginia candidates

Chesterfield Revenue Commissioner

2 candidates

Chesterfield Sheriff

1 candidate

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Chesterfield Soil and Water Conservation Director

2 candidates

Chesterfield County Supervisor, Dale District

1 candidate

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Chesterfield County Supervisor, Matoaca District

2 candidates

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Chesterfield County Supervisor, Clover Hill District

3 candidates

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Chesterfield County Supervisor, Bermuda District

2 candidates

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Chesterfield County Supervisor, Midlothian District

3 candidates

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Chesterfield School Board Member, Bermuda District

2 candidates

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Chesterfield School Board Member, Dale District

2 candidates

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