Shockwaves continue in the Virginia Attorney General's race as one candidate is facing pressure to drop out.

Democrat nominee Jay Jones is apologizing after messages surfaced where he uses language depicting violence against a former Republican lawmaker and his family.

The text messages have thrust an already tight race into the national spotlight. Jones is now admitting his words were wrong but ignoring calls to exit the race.

"That language has no place in our discourse, and I am so remorseful for what happened," Jones recently said during an interview with WRIC , the local Richmond, VA, ABC affiliate.

Jones sent the messages in 2022, when he was in Virginia's House of Delegates, to Republican colleague, Del. Carrie Coyner.

In referring to then-Republican House Speaker Todd Gilber

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