The much-anticipated results are in for the Virginia attorney general race, which pitted Republican Jason Miyares, the incumbent, against Democrat Jay Jones. Decision Desk HQ has declared Jones the winner.
This race, which had been a quiet one for much of the election cycle, became national news in October following two big stories that broke about Jay Jones.
First, it was revealed that Jones had been clocked going 116 MPH in a 70 MPH zone and was charged with reckless driving. That was bad enough – here's a guy wanting to be the top law enforcement officer in the commonwealth, and he clearly has no regard for the safety of his fellow citizens – but then we learned that he got a sweetheart plea deal and, unlike most Virginians facing the same charge, avoided jail time. Even worse, Jones allegedly did his community service sentence "volunteering" for his own PAC.
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It was the Jay Jones text messaging scandal, however, that really rocked the race and put the national spotlight on Virginia. Jones, it was revealed, had texted a GOP colleague a series of sick fantasies in which he envisioned putting "two bullets" in the head of then-Speaker of the House of Delegates Todd Gilbert, a Republican, and dreamed of watching Gilbert's two young sons die in their mother's arms. Sick, twisted stuff, yet very few Democrats had the guts to call for Jones to do the right thing and drop out of the race.
Despite the utter failure of Democrats to force Jones off the ticket – former President Barack Obama even appeared with him over the weekend! – some Virginia Democrats said they'd cross the aisle and vote for Miyares. Jay Jones should have been political kryptonite for the left, but many embraced him anyway.
Going into Tuesday's election, RedState's Adam Turner gave a rundown of the polling situation:
In the Attorney General’s race, following the October Surprises against Democrat Jay Jones, incumbent Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares has established a RCP poll lead over Jones, 46.8 percent to 43.3 percent. Miyares is leading in all 10 polls in the average, although some by closer margins.
The Democrat ticket of Abigail Spanberger, Ghazala Hashmi, and Jay Jones had consistently polled ahead of the Republican slate of Winsome Earle-Sears, John Reid, and Jason Miyares for most of the year. That remained true for Earle-Sears and Reid, although ground was made up as time went on, but Miyares started to pull ahead of Jones following the text scandal.
Jason Miyares was elected attorney general in 2021 as part of the Republican ticket that saw Glenn Youngkin win the governor's race and Winsome Earle-Sears elected the commonwealth's lieutenant governor. The trio was swept into office on a wave of parental outrage over COVID lockdowns and leftist school boards trampling on parental rights.
Inauguration Day in Virginia will be Saturday, January 17, 2026.
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