Democrat Jay Jones participates in the Virginia attorney general debate against Republican incumbent Jason Miyares in Richmond, Virginia, on October 16, 2025. Mike Kropf/Richmond Times-Dispatch/Pool/AP

Democrat Jay Jones will win the race to become Virginia’s next attorney general, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, overcoming the disclosure of text messages in which he suggested a former legislative colleague should be shot.

Jones will unseat Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares, who was seeking reelection and sharply criticized Jones for sending the text messages. Jones frequently apologized after the National Review disclosed the texts and prominent Virginia Democrats declined to withdraw their endorsements even as they criticized what he had said.

His victory suggests enough vot

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