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The poll was conducted before news broke of controversial text messages from attorney general candidate Jay Jones.

The poll also showed Gov. Glenn Youngkin's approval rating up, while former President Donald Trump's dropped.

A new poll shows Virginia Democrats, including attorney general candidate Jay Jones, leading their Republican counterparts in the November statewide elections, but the survey was ended two days before news broke of Jones' text messages to a former House of Delegates colleague in which he imagined shooting former GOP House Speaker Todd Gilbert.

The poll from the Wason Center at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, was conducted Sept. 29-Oct. 1. News about the text messages was first reported Oct. 3. The poll's research director, Dr.

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