The race between incumbent Republican A.C. Cordoza and Democrat challenger Virgil Thornton Sr. to represent House District 86 intensified after Thornton released an attack advertisement alleging Cordoza “has a long history of predatory behavior.”

Thornton’s campaign released the ad Sept. 17 that accused Cordoza, first elected in 2021, of sexual harassment, running an online sexting ring and pulling a gun on a retired state trooper. It also noted its allegations were “all public record.”

The race to represent District 86, which is comprised of Poquoson and parts of Hampton and York County, is the second tightest in the General Assembly, according to data from State Navigate , a nonpartisan political research nonprofit.

Cordoza said since his first campaign four years ago, he had gotten

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