Democratic Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones unseated Republican incumbent Jason Miyares on Tuesday, winning 51.6% of the statewide vote with 80% of precincts reporting, according to the Associated Press.
Jones and Miyares have been locked in a razor-thin contest this cycle. Pre-election polling showed the race effectively tied, with some surveys giving Miyares a slight advantage and others showing Jones edging ahead, The New York Times reported.
Jones’s victory followed a tumultuous final stretch of the campaign marked by scandal surrounding Jones. The former delegate came under fire over leaked 2022 text messages sent to then-Republican colleague Del. Carrie Coyner, in which he said he would give former House Speaker Todd Gilbert “two bullets to the head” and urinate on his grave. Jones made the comments after leaving the state House.
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