11 Facts About Charniele Herring

Charniele LeRhonda Herring is an American politician.

Charniele Herring has served in the Virginia House of Delegates since 2009, representing the 4th district, made up of portions of the city of Alexandria and Fairfax County, near Washington, DC Charniele Herring is the current Majority Leader of the Virginia House of Delegates.

Charniele Herring has been the House Democratic Caucus Chair since 2015 and in December 2012, she was the first African-American to be elected chair of the Democratic Party of Virginia.

Charniele Herring studied for three years with the Virginia Ballet School and Company.

At age 13, during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, Charniele Herring testified before a government commission about health care coverage for military dependent children.

Charniele Herring was the first African-American woman ever elected to represent Northern Virginia in the General Assembly.

Charniele Herring was elected to serve as the Chairwoman of the Democratic Party in Virginia in 2012 and remained in the role until 2014.

Charniele Herring is the first woman and African-American and served in this role until the Republicans regained control of the House of Delegates in 2021.

Charniele Herring currently serves as the chair of the Courts of Justice Committee, and she is the first woman and African-American to hold this role as well.

Charniele Herring serves as a member of the Rules committee and Joint Rules Subcommittee.

Charniele Herring has a lengthy career advocating for criminal justice reforms in Virginia, and after serving on the Crime Commission for 9 years, she was elected as the Chair of the committee in 2020.