Qualifications
Candidates for governor must be United States citizens who have resided in Virginia for five years prior to the election in which they are running. The candidates must be at least 30 years of age. Also, Virginia does not allow an incumbent Governor to succeed himself, so the incumbent Governor is barred from running in the election. However, a former governor may run again in subsequent gubernatorial elections (the most recent governor to serve multiple terms was Mills Godwin, 1966–70 and 1974–78). As of 2011, Virginia is the only state in the U.S. in which governors cannot serve consecutive terms.
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