We've been covering Virginia's gubernatorial race quite a bit here on the pages of RedState, but there are a few other statewide elections going on in the commonwealth that deserve some of our attention. And they deserve our attention because of how reckless and radical the entire Democrat ticket is this year.
Let's talk about Jay Jones, 36, a former member of the House of Delegates who is the Democrat nominee to be Attorney General. He's taking on incumbent Republican Jason Miyares, who swept into office four years ago (alongside Glenn Youngkin and Winsome Earle-Sears) on a wave of parental anger over COVID lockdowns and out-of-control leftist school boards. Four years on, the Dems seem to have learned nothing and are running far-left radical Jay Jones at a time when many of Virginia's public schools, to the dismay of countless parents, have been overtaken by the radical trans agenda.
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We'll get to Jay Jones' record in a moment, but let's first talk about his penchant for reckless driving. As it turns out, Jones, fresh off his unsuccessful 2021 campaign to be AG, was clocked by a Virginia state trooper going a whopping 116 miles per hour on I-64; that's full 46 over the speed limit.
Nick Minock, of ABC7 in Washington, D.C., had the details:
🚨New: Virginia Democratic Attorney General candidate Jay Jones is reacting to new reporting that he was convicted of reckless driving after speeding at 116 mph - one year after he ran for AG the first time.
— Nick Minock (@NickMinock) October 1, 2025
“Several years ago, I made the mistake of speeding, for which I am… pic.twitter.com/0gHgGT8ZOb
New: Virginia Democratic Attorney General candidate Jay Jones is reacting to new reporting that he was convicted of reckless driving after speeding at 116 mph - one year after he ran for AG the first time.
“Several years ago, I made the mistake of speeding, for which I am regretful,” Jones told @7NewsDC[.] “I accepted responsibility for my actions, paid the fine, and fulfilled my responsibility to the court, which was accepted by the New Kent County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office and the judge.”
Here's the best part — he was sentenced to 1000 hours of community service and he did 500 hours of his "service time" at his own PAC. Would we call that "self-serving"? What a joke.
When you peel the layers back even more, you find that Jay Jones didn't just go soft on himself, he also opted to go soft on criminals when he voted against legislation that would impose a minimum mandatory jail sentence of 60-days for repeat domestic abusers and opposed laws that would impose harsh criminal penalties on convicted fentanyl dealers.
That's not all:
[Jones] also supported a bill to roll back mandatory law enforcement reporting requirements for school principals for misdemeanors committed on school grounds, including sexual abuse and battery, and opposed legislation to charge massage and physical therapists who sexually abuse patients with aggravated sexual battery.
Jones says his 116 mph joyride was a “mistake,” but his legislative record shows it's not just his driving that’s out of control — it’s also his far-left priorities. He’s soft on abusers, soft on fentanyl pushers, and apparently pretty soft on himself, too. Virginians might want to think about electing an Attorney General who enforces the law, not one who runs from it.
Editor's note: This post was updated post-publication for clarity.
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