In 2022, Virginia Attorney General-elect Jay Jones sent violent text messages about former Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates Todd Gilbert and his children. Snopes has not reviewed the ...

ARLINGTON, Va.—In the final stretch of Virginia’s elections, Jay Jones’ texting scandal was everywhere—and in another era, it might have cratered his race for attorney general. In 2025, voters were ...

Democrat Jay Jones faced bipartisan condemnation for violent texts he sent in 2022. (Mike Kropf / Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP) Democrat Jay Jones has won the election for Virginia attorney general, ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Democrat Jay Jones was elected Tuesday as Virginia attorney general, riding a wave of voter dissatisfaction with the White House to overcome the revelation that in 2022 he sent widely ...

Democrat Jay Jones won Virginia’s race for attorney general, NBC News projected, prevailing in spite of a scandal over leaked text messages that showed Jones fantasized about killing a Republican ...

Democrat Jay Jones has won the election for Virginia attorney general, NBC News projects, overcoming a text message scandal that threatened to derail his candidacy in the final stretch of the race.