McEachin elected to four-year term as commonwealth’s attorney
11/4/2021, 6 p.m.
Incumbent Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney Colette W. McEachin will serve a four-year term as the city’s top prosecutor.
Although unopposed in Tuesday’s general election, she re- ceived an overwhelming 97 percent of the vote, according to unofficial returns.
The 65-year-old attorney defeated a Democratic primary opponent in June to clinch the party’s nomination.
She served as the city’s deputy commonwealth’s attorney for 20 years before being appointed to replace her predecessor, former Commonwealth’s Attorney Michael N. Herring, who stepped down in July 2019 to join a law firm. Mrs. McEachin then won a special election in November 2019 to finish the remainder of his term.
“I’m pleased and honored to have the support of all those who voted for me and I hope to earn the support of those who didn’t,” Mrs. McEachin said when Tuesday’s results came in.
“I’m very relieved that the election is over and I’m look- ing forward to working hard for criminal justice reform and protecting victims.”
Mrs. McEachin has served during the last year on Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s Task Force to Reimagine Public Safety. She said during the campaign that she plans to create more programs protecting and supporting crime victims, reducing incarceration and recidivism and addressing the therapeutic needs of those suffering with mental health and/or substance abuse issues that lead to criminal behavior.
She is the wife of 4th District Congressman A. Donald McEachin.
