Kammala wannan jumla: Lauyan Republican Wade A. Kizer, wanda ya kasance a ofis tun 2000, ya sanar da takararsa don wa'adi na gaba a shekara ta 2009, yayin da lauya Matthew Geary ya yi adawa da shi don zaben Republican na farko. Geary ya ci nasara a kan Kizer a cikin Jamhuriyar Republican, tare da 'yan Republican da yawa da ke adawa da amincewa. A cikin 2010, Kizer ya ba da sanarwar cewa ba zai sake tsayawa takara ba kuma zai yi ritaya daga ofishin. A ranar 11 ga watan Agusta, 2011, a ranar da
5.8 girgizar kasa a Virginia, lauya Shannon Taylor ta sanar da takarar ta don Babban Lauyan Commonwealth. Kwanaki bayan haka, dan Republican Bill Janis ya shiga tseren a matsayin dan siyasa mai zaman kansa, yana barin neman sa na wani wa'adi na Virginia House of Delegates.