Virginia Democrats choose nominee to challenge GOP Attorney General Jason Miyares

Former Virginia State Del. Jay Jones secured the Democratic information for Virginia lawyer general.

The Associated Press projected that Jones has won the Democratic superior and volition situation incumbent Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares this November. 

Miyares was elected lawyer wide successful 2021 alongside Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who is term-limited this year, and Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, the Republican gubernatorial nominee. All 3 Republicans flipped Democratic seats during the statewide elections successful 2021, and Democrats are seeking to regain power of Virginia aboriginal this year. 

President Donald Trump's sanction did not look astatine the apical of the summons during Virginia's superior connected Tuesday, but his sweeping second-term docket took halfway signifier up and down the ballot. 

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Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares joins President Donald Trump onstage during a rally astatine Greenbrier Farms connected June 28, 2024 successful Chesapeake, Virginia.  (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Miyares, the archetypal Hispanic American to beryllium elected to a statewide bureau successful Virginia and the archetypal kid of an migrant to beryllium lawyer general, has been supportive of Trump's docket successful Virginia – whereas Democratic attorneys wide crossed the United States person led the judicial situation to Trump's enforcement authority. 

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Jones and his competitor, Henrico Commonwealth's Attorney Shannon Taylor, some tried to capitalize connected superior voters’ choler implicit the Trump administration’s cuts to the national government, including monolithic layoffs done the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). 

Jones, a erstwhile adjunct lawyer general, identified his apical run contented arsenic protecting Virginia from the Trump administration. 

"Donald Trump is waging an unprecedented battle connected Virginia communities, jobs, and adjacent civilian rights," Jones included successful a connection on his run website. 

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin during a rally astatine Greenbrier Farms connected June 28, 2024, successful Chesapeake, Virginia. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Jones applauded however attorneys wide person stepped up to support Americans by suing the Trump medication to unlock national backing and cull enforcement overreach, "but present successful Virginia, MAGA extremist Attorney General Jason Miyares has enactment authorities archetypal and refused to articulation successful the effort to support against unconstitutional and un-American Trump policies."

Public safety, lowering costs done firm accountability, protecting civilian and law rights and preserving the close to termination were among Jones' further run promises. 

Taylor's campaign focused on nationalist safety, protecting termination rights, lowering costs, preventing weapon unit and gathering Virginia's system to enactment the mediate class. 

Elon Musk and President Donald Trump successful a Tesla Model S conveyance connected the South Lawn of the White House successful Washington connected March 11, 2025.  (Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Taylor's archetypal run advertisement featured images of Trump buying a Tesla astatine the White House and Elon Musk holding up a chainsaw astatine this year's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). 

"I'm moving for Attorney General to bushed backmost Trump and Musk," Taylor said. 

Virginia's elections volition beryllium utilized by governmental pundits and politicians arsenic a bellwether for competitory midterm elections expected successful 2026. They are an aboriginal accidental to gauge however Americans are responding to Trump's 2nd term, and spot however they mightiness ballot adjacent twelvemonth erstwhile a legislature bulk is connected the line. 

Virginia is 1 of 2 gubernatorial elections successful the United States this year, on with New Jersey, which held their superior predetermination past week. 

Attorney General of Virginia, Jason Miyares, sits successful his bureau January 19, 2022, successful Richmond, Virginia. (The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Commonwealth Republicans broke a 12-year losing streak to the Democrats erstwhile they swept the elections for governor, lieutenant politician and lawyer wide successful Virginia 4 years ago. 

But Republicans haven't won the commonwealth successful a White House contention since 2004.

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Trump mislaid the authorities by six points successful past November's statesmanlike election, which was a four-point betterment from his 2020 defeat.

Still, Republicans are expected to look an upward conflict successful November. With lone 1 objection since 1977, the enactment that holds the White House has mislaid Virginia's gubernatorial election. 

Fox News Digital's Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.