2026 SESSION

INTRODUCED

26105858D

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 24

Offered January 21, 2026

Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships.

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Patron—Maldonado

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RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That the following persons are hereby nominated to be elected to the respective circuit court judgeships as follows:

The Honorable Rufus A. Banks, Jr., of Chesapeake, as a judge of the First Judicial Circuit for a term of eight years commencing July 1, 2026.

The Honorable Stephen C. Mahan, of Virginia Beach, as a judge of the Second Judicial Circuit for a term of eight years commencing October 1, 2026.

The Honorable Jonathan L. Stone, of Virginia Beach, as a judge of the Second Judicial Circuit for a term of eight years commencing February 1, 2026.

The Honorable Michael A. Gaten, of Hampton, as a judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit for a term of eight years commencing July 1, 2026.

The Honorable Jane M. Reynolds, of Stafford, as a judge of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit for a term of eight years commencing April 1, 2026.

Charles D. Clark, Esquire, of Hanover, as a judge of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit for a term of eight years commencing April 1, 2026.

The Honorable Dale B. Durrer, of Culpeper, as a judge of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit for a term of eight years commencing July 1, 2026.

The Honorable Michael F. Devine, of Fairfax County, as a judge of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit for a term of eight years commencing April 1, 2026.

Marin B. Greene, Esquire, of Fairfax County, as a judge of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit for a term of eight years commencing July 1, 2026.

The Honorable Charles N. Dorsey, of Salem, as a judge of the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit for a term of eight years commencing July 1, 2026.

The Honorable Joel R. Branscom, of Botetourt, as a judge of the Twenty-fifth Judicial Circuit for a term of eight years commencing February 1, 2026.

The Honorable Michael Lee Moore, of Russell, as a judge of the Twenty-ninth Judicial Circuit for a term of eight years commencing April 1, 2026.

The Honorable Brian K. Patton, of Russell, as a judge of the Twenty-ninth Judicial Circuit for a term of eight years commencing July 1, 2026.