RICHMOND, Va. β Democrat Jay Jones won the race for attorney general of Virginia on Tuesday, ousting Republican incumbent Jason Miyares.
Jones was criticized during the campaign after text messages he wrote in 2022 endorsing violence toward a political rival were made public.
Jones is a former member of the state House of Delegates, representing a district around Norfolk for two terms.
Jones is set to become the first Black attorney general in the former capital of the Confederacy. His victory is a landmark moment for Black Virginians in a statewide contest that was already poised to make history, with voters choosing between two women to elect the stateβs first female governor.
Watch: Jay Jones claims victory in Virginia attorney general race
Miyares faced a difficult political climate in his bid for reelection. Ever since Democrat Jimmy Carter won the White House in 1976, every time a new president has been elected, Virginia has voted in a governor the following year from the opposite party.
He conceded in a speech to supporters at his watch party event in Virginia Beach.
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