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‘Beyond disqualifying’: Jay Jones controversy jolts Virginia’s pivotal 2025 elections

The Democratic attorney general nominee’s 2022 texts about “two bullets to the head” spark bipartisan condemnation, GOP attack ads, and a Trump intervention on behalf of Jason Miyares

,   and  Markus Schmidt, Virginia Mercury
7 min read
Democrat Jay Jones speaks in Richmond during his 2024 campaign kickoff for attorney general. Jones is now facing bipartisan backlash over newly surfaced text messages containing violent remarks about a former Republican House speaker. (Photo by Markus Schmidt/Virginia Mercury)

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