Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears’s (R) gubernatorial campaign is launching a $1 million ad buy following what the campaign said was an influx of cash in the wake of a string of leaked texts from Democratic attorney general nominee Jay Jones.  The Hill was the first outlet to report on the television and digital ad buy, which is set to go up in Washington, D.C.’s media market on Thursday ahead of Earle-Sears's debate against her Democratic opponent, former Rep. Abigail Spanberger.

The buy marks the return of Earle-Sears’s ads to the pricey media market. The ad featured in the buy ties Spanberger to Jones’s leaked texts, in which he expresses violence toward former state House Speaker Todd Gilbert (R).  “We have a tremendous opportunity to make clear the difference between the [lieuten

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