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Current Attorney General Jason Miyares, a Republican, has been unseated by his Democratic challenger: Former Del. Jay Jones, CNN projects.

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Jones won the election despite indications from polls that he lost popularity amongst voters following a threatening text controversy. In early October, reports surfaced about texts sent by Jones in 2022. In the messages, he talked about hypothetically shooting then-Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert and expressed wishes of violence against Gilbert's children. Jones admitted to sending the texts and apologized to Gilbert.

Jones, 36, was born in Norfolk, where both of his parents worked in public office.

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