“former Democratic Virginia lawmaker”
Looks like al-Reuters is playing fast and loose with facts. Sources all list him as a current office-holder, and he just got out of jail!
From the article: Morrissey stunned political pundits by winning re-election to his House of Delegates seat in a special election in January, while he was serving his sentence. Under the work-release program, he had been to able to leave jail during the day and he made campaign calls from his law office.