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Abigail Spanberger elected first female governor of Virginia

Jay Jones, the Democrat candidate for attorney general of Virginia who garnered national attention for openly fantasizing about murdering a political opponent, has been elected.

According to results posted by NBC News on Tuesday evening, Jones defeated Republican incumbent Jason Miyares, who was elected in 2021 as the state’s first Hispanic attorney general.

With 86.4% expected votes in, Jones had approximately 52.1% of the vote, while Miyares had 47.5% of the vote.

Additionally, Democrat Abigail Spanberger defeated Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears to become the first female governor of Virginia, while Democrat state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi was elected lieutenant governor, defeating Republican challenger John

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