Virginia voters choose their Democratic candidate as attorney general

Former Virginia Del Jay Jones Received a Democratic nomination for Virginia Attorney General.

The Associated Press predicts that Jones won the Democratic primary and will challenge incumbent Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares.

Miyares was elected attorney general in 2021 with Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin, who was appointed as a restriction this year, while the Republican gubernatorial candidate won Lieutenant Winsome Earle-Sears. All three Republicans have subverted the Democratic seat during the 2021 statewide elections, and Democrats are seeking to regain control of Virginia later this year.

president Donald Trump’s The name didn’t appear at the top of the vote during the Virginia primary on Tuesday, but his second-year agenda took center stage in the vote.

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Miyares, the first Hispanic to be elected as a Virginia-wide office and the first child to immigrate to serve as attorney general, supports Trump’s agenda in Virginia, while the U.S. democratic attorney general leads Trump’s judicial challenge.

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Jones and his rival Henrico Commonwealth lawyer Shannon Taylor both tried to exploit major voters’ anger at the Trump administration to cut federal government, including through mass layoffs Ministry of Government Efficiency (Doge).

Jones is former assistant attorney general Jones has determined that his top campaign issue is protecting Virginia from the Trump administration.

Jones On his campaign website.

Jones praised the lawyers for defending Americans by suing the Trump administration for unlocking federal funds and refusing executives to over-defend, but in Virginia, Magma Extreme Attorney General Jason Mieres put politics first and refused to join in to prevent Trump politics from confronting violations and constitutional violations. ”

Public safety is to reduce costs through corporate accountability, protect civil and constitutional rights and retain the right to abortion, which is Jones’ additional campaign commitment.

Taylor’s The focus of the campaign Public safety, protect abortion rights, reduce costs, prevent gun violence and build a Virginia economy to support the middle class.

Taylor’s first campaign was Trump’s purchase of Tesla images at the White House, Elon Musk Lifting a chainsaw at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).

“I’m running for Attorney General to beat Trump and Musk.” Taylor says.

Virginia elections will be used by political experts and politicians as the leader in the expected midterm elections in 2026. It’s an early opportunity to measure how Americans deal with Trump’s second term and see a possible vote next year for the Congressional majority.

Virginia is one of two U.S. gubernatorial elections this year, with New Jersey, which held its primary election last week.

Four years ago, Commonwealth Republicans broke a 12-year defeat when Virginia’s governor, governor and attorney general swept the election.

But Republicans have not won the Commonwealth in the White House game since 2004.

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Trump lost six points in the presidential election last November, a quarter of his 2020 defeat.

Still, Republicans will face an upward battle in November. There is only one exception since 1977, when the party holding the White House lost its gubernatorial election in Virginia.

Paul Steinhauser of Fox News Digital contributed to the report.