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Commonwealth of Virginia
Jay Jones
Attorney General (sitting · sworn Jan 17, 2026)
Democrat
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National Rank
#4,814 of 8,776 · bottom 45.1% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
November 6, 2029
General · Not up at next scheduled election
— until
Registration deadline: 2026-10-13
Early voting: 2026-09-18 – 2026-10-31
Elections office: (804) 864-8901
Voter status: Check registration
State elections site: Virginia Department of Elections
Official Profile
Religion: Roman Catholic — Basilica of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Norfolk
Education: College of William & Mary (BA Government & History), University of Virginia School of Law (JD)
Birthplace: Norfolk, Virginia
Background: 49th Attorney General of Virginia, sworn Jan 17, 2026 by his mother (Norfolk Juvenile & Domestic Relations Chief Judge Lyn M. Simmons); first Black AG of Virginia. Prior office: VA House of Delegates HD-89 (Norfolk), Jan 10, 2018 – Jan 2, 2022. Self-confirmed past member of 'Virginia Planned Parenthood board.' Beat incumbent R Jason Miyares 53.14%-46.45% Nov 4, 2025.
Net Worth: $200K-$500K
Previous Election Opponent: Jason Miyares (R, incumbent) in 2025 AG race
Next Election Year: 2029
Attorney General of Virginia (D), sworn Jan 17, 2026 (49th AG, first Black AG); won 2025 race 53-46 vs R incumbent Miyares. Prior: VA House Delegate HD-89 (Norfolk) 2018-2022. [2026-06 overnight refinement, state tier] Reliably progressive record on the marquee cells: self-confirmed past board member of 'Virginia Planned Parenthood'; co-patron 2019 'Repeal Act' (HB2491) removing ultrasound + 24-hour-wait abortion restrictions; PP Advocates VA + Reproductive Freedom For All + ReproRising VA PAC + Roe Your Vote endorsements; Aug 2025 hosted 'Reproductive Freedom Roundtable' with PP. Voted YES on Virginia Values Act 2020 (LGBTQ nondiscrimination, no conscience carve-out); VA LGBT+ Democrats endorsement. Co-sponsored/voted YES on 2020 Dem omnibus gun package; Everytown $200K + endorsement (later scrubbed after texts surfaced); Giffords + Brady + Prevent Gun Tragedies PAC endorsements; as AG-elect Dec 2025 intervened to salvage VA's universal background-check law on appeal. Anti-sanctuary-ban: 2018 voted NO on HB1257 (would have banned sanctuary jurisdictions); Day-1 as AG announced review of Miyares opinion authorizing ICE detainers. CRITICAL EVIDENCE — 2022 text scandal: Aug 2022 text exchange with R Del. Carrie Coyner surfaced October 2025 (National Review): Jones wrote of then-Speaker Todd Gilbert 'Three people, two bullets / Gilbert, hitler, and pol pot / Gilbert gets two bullets to the head' and that Gilbert's children were 'breeding little fascists' he hoped would die because 'Only when people feel pain personally do they move on policy,' and that he'd 'go to their funerals to piss on their graves.' Coyner replied: 'Please stop … It really bothers me when you talk about hurting people or wishing death on them.' Jones publicly apologized ('reading back those words made me sick to my stomach'). Coyner separately alleges a 2020 phone call where Jones said about police 'Well, maybe if a few of them died, that they would move on, not shooting people, not killing people' — contested by Jones. Spanberger called the comments 'disgusting.' Jones was co-patron of 2020 qualified-immunity ban with floor quote 'take a whole bunch of frivolous lawsuits if it means that someone who is shot 7 times in the back gets a day in court.'
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Candidate has voted for or sponsored state legislation moving toward abortion abolition (e.g., heartbeat ban, total ban) — not merely restrictions
Candidate opposes state funding for embryonic stem-cell research and supports state IVF embryo-protection laws
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Candidate opposes state physician-assisted suicide laws and opposes state Medicaid death-panel rationing
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Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
Candidate opposes state recognition of same-sex marriage / civil unions / domestic partnerships, and supports state non-recognition resolutions where federally permitted
FALSE (0)[6]
Candidate has voted for state legislation affirming biological sex (bathroom/locker access, sports participation, minor gender-procedure bans)
FALSE (0)[6]
Candidate supports state no-fault divorce reform and pro-marriage policy (covenant marriage option, waiting periods, etc.)
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Candidate opposes promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in state-funded schools, state agencies, and state corporate-partnership programs
FALSE (0)[4]
Candidate has voted for state school-choice (vouchers, ESAs, charter expansion) and supports state homeschool freedom statutes
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Candidate has voted for state law requiring parental notification + consent on minors' medical, mental-health, and gender interventions (incl. school counseling referrals)
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Candidate has voted for state law restricting CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology curricula in K-12
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Candidate has voted for state age-verification laws on pornographic content and state criminal penalties for sexualizing minors
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Candidate has voted for state RFRA-style protections for faith-based adoption + foster agencies; opposes state-mandated SS-couple placement
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Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
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Candidate has voted for state conscience-exemption laws (state RFRA, medical-professional carve-outs, business-owner protections)
FALSE (0)[6]
Candidate opposes state-level pronoun mandates + state 'hate speech' laws restricting Christian conviction
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Candidate supports state public-square Christian display protections + state legislative prayer + state Sunday-closure laws
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Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays/curricula/holidays in state institutions
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Candidate has voted for state law protecting cash as legal tender, opposing state-level CBDC pilot programs, and protecting crypto-as-property status
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Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
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Candidate has voted for state balanced-budget compliance + opposed state borrowing for non-capital expenditures
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Candidate has voted for state usury caps + state predatory-lending protections + state charitable-deduction parity
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Candidate has voted for state pension/treasury divestment from ESG-aligned funds (e.g., BlackRock) + state anti-monopoly enforcement against financial cartels
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Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted for state hand-count requirements / opposed electronic voting machines
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Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted for state photo voter ID + citizenship verification at registration
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Candidate has voted to restrict state early-voting windows + tighten state absentee qualifications to verified medical/military
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Candidate has voted against state mass mail-in voting expansion, against state drop-box deployment, and against legalizing ballot harvesting
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Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted to ban state acceptance of private election grants ('Zuckerbucks') + state penalties for foreign interference
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Candidate (state) has voted for state-funded border-security measures (e.g., TX Operation Lone Star analog, AZ wall expansion)
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Candidate (state) has voted for state laws requiring local cooperation with ICE deportation enforcement
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Candidate (state) has voted to preempt or punish sanctuary-city policies + ban state cities from declaring sanctuary status
FALSE (0)[7]
Candidate (state) has voted for state E-Verify mandate (beyond federal floor) for state employers + state-benefit eligibility verification
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Candidate (state) has voted to restrict foreign ownership of state farmland (e.g., China-buyer prohibitions)
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Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements
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Candidate (state) has voted against state red-flag laws, mag-capacity limits, AWBs, and registries (or voted to repeal where enacted)
Candidate (state) has voted for state constitutional-carry statute
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Candidate (state) has voted against state universal-background-check schemes
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Candidate (state) has voted to enact / strengthen state Castle Doctrine + stand-your-ground statute
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Candidate has publicly backed law enforcement and opposed defunding/dismantling police
Candidate opposes cashless-bail, soft-on-crime, and rogue-prosecutor (e.g. Soros-DA) policy
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Candidate supports victim restitution and proportional punishment of evildoers
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Candidate refuses to treat violent crime as a "public health" excuse to avoid punishment
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Official has voted for or sponsored 10th-Amendment nullification or anti-commandeering measures
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Official has declined unconstitutional federal mandates or federal strings on the state
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Official has resisted federal overreach on guns, life, education, or religious liberty
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Official affirms state sovereignty against unconstitutional federal action
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Official has opposed federal capture of state elections, data, or land
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freedomindex.us/va/Right Advocacy
www.jayjones.com/meet-jay/Unclassified
www.jayjones.com/endorsements/Unclassified
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repeal_Act_(Virginia)Encyclopedia
giffords.org/candidates/jay-jones-2/Unclassified
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References & footnotes
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- [1]Self-confirmed past member of 'Virginia Planned Parenthood board'; co-patron 2019 Repeal Act (HB2491) removing ultrasound + 24-hour-wait abortion restrictions. Unclassified
Self-confirmed past member of 'Virginia Planned Parenthood board'; co-patron 2019 Repeal Act (HB2491) removing ultrasound + 24-hour-wait abortion restrictions.
- [2]Self-confirmed past member of 'Virginia Planned Parenthood board'; co-patron 2019 Repeal Act (HB2491) removing ultrasound + 24-hour-wait abortion restrictions. Encyclopedia
Self-confirmed past member of 'Virginia Planned Parenthood board'; co-patron 2019 Repeal Act (HB2491) removing ultrasound + 24-hour-wait abortion restrictions.
- [3]Co-patron of the abortion-deregulation Repeal Act; hosted PP Reproductive Freedom Roundtable Aug 2025. Unclassified
Co-patron of the abortion-deregulation Repeal Act; hosted PP Reproductive Freedom Roundtable Aug 2025.
- [4]Endorsed by Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia, Reproductive Freedom For All (formerly NARAL), ReproRising VA PAC, Roe Your Vote Virginia. Unclassified
Endorsed by Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia, Reproductive Freedom For All (formerly NARAL), ReproRising VA PAC, Roe Your Vote Virginia.
- [5]Endorsed by Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia, Reproductive Freedom For All (formerly NARAL), ReproRising VA PAC, Roe Your Vote Virginia. Unclassified
Endorsed by Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia, Reproductive Freedom For All (formerly NARAL), ReproRising VA PAC, Roe Your Vote Virginia.
- [6]Voted YES on Virginia Values Act (SB868/HB1663, 2020) — state LGBTQ anti-discrimination law; endorsed by Virginia LGBT+ Democrats. Unclassified
Voted YES on Virginia Values Act (SB868/HB1663, 2020) — state LGBTQ anti-discrimination law; endorsed by Virginia LGBT+ Democrats.
- [7]Day-1 as AG announced review of Miyares opinion that authorized VA jails honoring ICE detainers; voted NO on 2018 HB1257 (would have banned sanctuary jurisdictions, per Restoration News tracking). Unclassified
Day-1 as AG announced review of Miyares opinion that authorized VA jails honoring ICE detainers; voted NO on 2018 HB1257 (would have banned sanctuary jurisdictions, per Restoration News tracking).
- [8]Self-claim: 'helped expand background checks…pass a landmark red flag law.' Everytown $200K donation + endorsement (later scrubbed after texts); Giffords + Brady + Prevent Gun Tragedies PAC endorsements; as AG-elect Dec 2025 intervened to salvage VA's universal background-check law on appeal. Unclassified
Self-claim: 'helped expand background checks…pass a landmark red flag law.' Everytown $200K donation + endorsement (later scrubbed after texts); Giffords + Brady + Prevent Gun Tragedies PAC endorsements; as AG-elect Dec 2025 intervened to salvage VA's universal background-check law on appeal.
- [9]Self-claim: 'helped expand background checks…pass a landmark red flag law.' Everytown $200K donation + endorsement (later scrubbed after texts); Giffords + Brady + Prevent Gun Tragedies PAC endorsements; as AG-elect Dec 2025 intervened to salvage VA's universal background-check law on appeal. Right
Self-claim: 'helped expand background checks…pass a landmark red flag law.' Everytown $200K donation + endorsement (later scrubbed after texts); Giffords + Brady + Prevent Gun Tragedies PAC endorsements; as AG-elect Dec 2025 intervened to salvage VA's universal background-check law on appeal.
- [10]Self-claim: 'helped expand background checks…pass a landmark red flag law.' Everytown $200K donation + endorsement (later scrubbed after texts); Giffords + Brady + Prevent Gun Tragedies PAC endorsements; as AG-elect Dec 2025 intervened to salvage VA's universal background-check law on appeal. Unclassified
Self-claim: 'helped expand background checks…pass a landmark red flag law.' Everytown $200K donation + endorsement (later scrubbed after texts); Giffords + Brady + Prevent Gun Tragedies PAC endorsements; as AG-elect Dec 2025 intervened to salvage VA's universal background-check law on appeal.
- [11]Self-claim: 'helped expand background checks…pass a landmark red flag law.' Everytown $200K donation + endorsement (later scrubbed after texts); Giffords + Brady + Prevent Gun Tragedies PAC endorsements; as AG-elect Dec 2025 intervened to salvage VA's universal background-check law on appeal. Lean Left
Self-claim: 'helped expand background checks…pass a landmark red flag law.' Everytown $200K donation + endorsement (later scrubbed after texts); Giffords + Brady + Prevent Gun Tragedies PAC endorsements; as AG-elect Dec 2025 intervened to salvage VA's universal background-check law on appeal.
- [12]Co-patron 2020 qualified-immunity ban; floor quote 'take a whole bunch of frivolous lawsuits if it means that someone who is shot 7 times in the back gets a day in court'; Coyner alleges 2020 phone-call statement that 'a few [police] died' would change policy (Jones denies). Not affirmative police backing. Lean Left
Co-patron 2020 qualified-immunity ban; floor quote 'take a whole bunch of frivolous lawsuits if it means that someone who is shot 7 times in the back gets a day in court'; Coyner alleges 2020 phone-call statement that 'a few [police] died' would change policy (Jones denies). Not affirmative police backing.
- [13]Co-patron 2020 qualified-immunity ban; floor quote 'take a whole bunch of frivolous lawsuits if it means that someone who is shot 7 times in the back gets a day in court'; Coyner alleges 2020 phone-call statement that 'a few [police] died' would change policy (Jones denies). Not affirmative police backing. Unclassified
Co-patron 2020 qualified-immunity ban; floor quote 'take a whole bunch of frivolous lawsuits if it means that someone who is shot 7 times in the back gets a day in court'; Coyner alleges 2020 phone-call statement that 'a few [police] died' would change policy (Jones denies). Not affirmative police backing.
- [14]Co-patron 2020 qualified-immunity ban; floor quote 'take a whole bunch of frivolous lawsuits if it means that someone who is shot 7 times in the back gets a day in court'; Coyner alleges 2020 phone-call statement that 'a few [police] died' would change policy (Jones denies). Not affirmative police backing. Local News
Co-patron 2020 qualified-immunity ban; floor quote 'take a whole bunch of frivolous lawsuits if it means that someone who is shot 7 times in the back gets a day in court'; Coyner alleges 2020 phone-call statement that 'a few [police] died' would change policy (Jones denies). Not affirmative police backing.
- [15]August 2022 text exchange w/ Del. Coyner: Jones wrote of then-Speaker Gilbert 'two bullets to the head,' that Gilbert's children were 'breeding little fascists' he hoped would die, and that he'd 'go to their funerals to piss on their graves' — antithetical to a magistrate's God-ordained duty under Rom 13:4 to bear the sword to restrain evil. Jones publicly apologized. Unclassified
August 2022 text exchange w/ Del. Coyner: Jones wrote of then-Speaker Gilbert 'two bullets to the head,' that Gilbert's children were 'breeding little fascists' he hoped would die, and that he'd 'go to their funerals to piss on their graves' — antithetical to a magistrate's God-ordained duty under Rom 13:4 to bear the sword to restrain evil. Jones publicly apologized.
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