Overview
- The Associated Press called the race for Jones with roughly 53% of the vote over incumbent Jason Miyares at about 47%.
- Governor Glenn Youngkin said the texts were abhorrent and declared they disqualify Jones from serving as attorney general.
- Jones apologized during the October debate and in statements, and he did not address the texts in his victory remarks as Democrats condemned the language but kept supporting his campaign.
- An exit poll reported by InteractivePolls found 45 percent of voters viewed the messages as disqualifying, with others calling them concerning but not disqualifying or expressing no concern.
- A separate inquiry into Jones’s claimed community-service hours remains unresolved, with local FOIA requests returning no timesheets due to an ongoing investigation.