 Goochland is represented by Republican Mark J. Peake in the Virginia Senate, Republicans John McGuire and R. Lee Ware in the Virginia House of Delegates, and Democrat Abigail Spanberger in the U.S. House of Representatives.Contributors to Goochland's increased growth in the early 2000s was the construction of the West Creek Business Park, as well as the completion of Richmond's semi-circumferential State Route 288.The latter connected the county to the major travel corridors of I-64 and I-95.