Age, term limits for Virginia politicos should be on the agenda

By: Roger Chesley

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: July 9, 2026

Words: 1,183

Last Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago

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Barbara Henley, the 83-year-old, decades-long Virginia Beach councilwoman, has every right to seek yet another term on the 11-member body in the state’s largest city.

Her constituents, though, have just as much the right to question whether her age has now become a detriment, whether she has anything new to offer, and if she’s still effective. Nor is she the only politico across Virginia who should confront those issues.

Henley was the recent subject …

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