ARLINGTON, Va. – Democrat Jay Jones secured victory in Virginia’s race for attorney general Nov. 4, overcoming a text message scandal that threatened his chances while becoming a cudgel that Republicans used to try to sink the rest of his party's state-wide ticket.

Jones' win marks a Democratic sweep of the Virginia elections. Abigail Spanberger won the state's governor's race and state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi won the lieutenant governor's race.

Days before the election, polls showed Jones locked in a dead heat with the Republican incumbent attorney general, Jason Miyares. Jones, a former member of the Virginia House of Delegates, led the race for months until reports surfaced in September that he once mused about shooting a Republican lawmaker in the head. He sent the messages to a G

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