Kotek Names Betsy Imholt State’s Top Bureaucrat Imholt will shift from directing the Department of Revenue to heading the Department of Administrative Services, triggering two other moves.

Democrat Lamont Bagby and Republican Stephen Imholt will compete in a March 28 general election for a brief stint in Richmond’s closely divided upper chamber.

So the timing of this gets really hard if we try to do it outside of the tax season window," said Betsy Imholt, the director of the department.

The Republican Party of Virginia has officially named their nominee who will run for the vacant seat in the Virginia 9th Senate District after a Party Canvass on Sunday afternoon.

Democratic Del. Jennifer L. McClellan never has received less than 80 percent of the general-election vote in her Richmond-centered district, but Steve Imholt is taking her on.