Roanoke Poll: Miyares Leads Jones in Va. AG Race

Republican incumbent Jason Miyares is leading Democrat challenger Jay Jones in the Virginia attorney general’s race by 8 percentage points, according to a new Roanoke College poll.

The survey, done by the school’s Institute for Policy and Opinion Research, found Miyares with 46% of the vote and Jones with 38%.

An 80% majority of respondents said they had heard or read about the text messages sent by Jones in 2022 in which he fantasized about shooting then-House of Delegates Speaker Todd Gilbert.

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