Virginia Democratic Attorney General candidate Jay Jones has taken a hit in the polls following the release of text messages he sent fantasizing about the Republican former state House speaker being shot in the head.

The candidate’s unhinged text messages were published in the National Review on Oct. 3 – and internal polling conducted for the Jones campaign between Oct. 4 and Oct. 6 shows the Democrat holding only a slight 1 percentage point lead (46% to 45%) over Republican incumbent Attorney General Jason Miyares.

In two polls conducted before Jones’ deranged text messages were brought to light – a Washington Post-Schar School poll and a Christopher Newport University survey – both showed the Democrat up on Miyares by six percentage points. 4

The new statewide survey, co

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