2025 Virginia Attorney General election
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The 2025 Virginia Attorney General election will be held on November 4, 2025, to elect the attorney general of Virginia. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares is running for re-election.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Jason Miyares, incumbent attorney general (2022–present)[1]
Endorsements
Jason Miyares
Statewide officials
- Glenn Youngkin, governor of Virginia (2022–present)[2]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jason Miyares (incumbent) | Unopposed | |||
| Total votes | — | 100.0 | |||
Democratic primary
Teo Armus of The Washington Post described the primary as a proxy battle between Dominion Energy and Clean Virginia, an environmental group meant to counter Dominion's influence in Virginia elections. Shannon Taylor received over $800,000 from Dominion, its largest ever contribution in a single race.[3] Jay Jones received $579,000 from Clean Virginia.[4]
Candidates
Nominee
- Jay Jones, former Washington, D.C. assistant attorney general (2022–2023), former state delegate from the 89th district (2018–2021), and candidate for attorney general in 2021[5]
Eliminated in primary
- Shannon Taylor, Henrico County Commonwealth's Attorney (2012–present)[6]
Declined
- Steve Descano, Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney (2020–present) (endorsed Jones)[7]
Endorsements
Jay Jones
- U.S. Representatives
- Bobby Scott, Virginia's 3rd congressional district (1993–present)[8]
- Statewide officials
- Terry McAuliffe, former governor of Virginia (2014–2018)[9]
- Ralph Northam, former governor of Virginia (2018–2022)[10]
- State legislators
- Lashrecse Aird, state senator from the 13th district (2024–present)[10]
- Alex Askew, state delegate from the 95th district (2020–2022, 2024–present)[10]
- Jeff Bourne, former state delegate from the 71st district (2017–2024)[10]
- Patrick Hope, state delegate from the 1st district (2010–present)[11]
- Adele McClure, state delegate from the 2nd district (2024–present)[11]
- Russet Perry, state senator from the 31st district (2024–present)[11]
- Atoosa Reaser, state delegate from the 27th district (2024–present)[11]
- Irene Shin, state delegate from the 8th district (2022–present)[11]
- Kannan Srinivasan, state senator from the 32nd district (2025–present)[11]
- Schuyler VanValkenburg, state senator from the 16th district (2024–present)[10]
- Local officials
- Andrea Bailey, Prince William County Supervisor[11]
- Parisa Dehghani-Tafti, Commonwealth’s Attorney of Arlington and Falls Church[11]
- Steve Descano, Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney[7]
- Karl Frisch, Fairfax County School Board chair[11]
- Koran Saines, Loudoun County supervisor[11]
- Organizations
- American Federation of Government Employees[12]
- Clean Virginia[13]
Shannon Taylor
- Statewide officials
- Mary Sue Terry, former Attorney General of Virginia (1986–1993)[14]
- Mark Herring, former Attorney General of Virginia (2014–2022)[15]
- State legislators
- Dick Saslaw, majority leader of the Virginia State Senate (2020–2024) from the 35th district (1980-2024)[16]
- Eileen Filler-Corn, former Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates (2020–2022) from the 41st district (2010–2024)[16]
- Labor unions
- International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers and SMART Local 100[17]
- Organizations
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Jay Jones |
Shannon Taylor |
Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Strategy Group (D)[19][A] | March 11–13, 2025 | 600 (LV) | ±4.0% | 15% | 25% | 60% |
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jay Jones | 252,976 | 51.11% | |
| Democratic | Shannon Taylor | 241,969 | 48.89% | |
| Total votes | 494,945 | 100.00% | ||
General election
Post-primary endorsements
Jay Jones (D)
- Local officials
- Shannon Taylor, Henrico County Commonwealth's Attorney (2012–present)[21]
- Organizations
Hypothetical polling
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jason Miyares (incumbent) | |||
| Democratic | Jay Jones | |||
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | ||||
Notes
Partisan clients
References
- ^ Chen, Anna (April 3, 2025). "Republican Party of Virginia nominates Jason Miyares for Attorney General of Virginia". WJHL.
- ^ Diaz, Olivia (November 18, 2024). "Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares will seek reelection, quelling talk of a gubernatorial bid". Associated Press. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
- ^ Armus, Teo (June 18, 2025). "Analysis | 5 takeaways from Virginia's primary election results". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on June 18, 2025. Retrieved June 18, 2025.
- ^ Sledge, Matt (June 14, 2025). "Virginia AG Hopeful Was Outraising His Rival — Then Dominion Energy Tipped the Scale". The Intercept. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
- ^ Mirshahi, Dean (November 12, 2024). "Former Delegate Jay Jones launches bid for Virginia attorney general". WRIC-TV. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ Mirshahi, Dean (June 19, 2024). "Henrico's top prosecutor Shannon Taylor kicks off 2025 Virginia attorney general run". WRIC-TV. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
- ^ a b Jarvis, Brandon (May 6, 2024). "Descano opts to endorse Jones instead of running for attorney general". Virginia Scope.
- ^ "Thursday News: Youngkin's Buddy Kari Lake Turns VOA Into Far-Right-Propaganda Network; "Trump picks conspiracy theorist with no medical license" for Surgeon General; "GOP Plans To Cut Medicaid Would Kick Millions Off Health Insurance"; "Salacious Saga…revealed a stunning lack of political juice from Mr. Youngkin"". May 8, 2025. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
- ^ Feld, Lowell (May 21, 2024). "Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe (and, btw, we'd all be a LOT better off if he were govenror NOW!), endorses Jay Jones for AG 2025". Blue Virginia. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Jarvis, Brandon (January 4, 2024). "Northam spearheads movement to encourage Jones to run for attorney general". Virginia Scope. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Feld, Lowell (April 1, 2024). "Virginians for Jay Jones supporters announced today". Blue Virginia. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ "Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Jay Jones for Virginia Attorney General". AFGE.org. May 20, 2025. Retrieved May 25, 2025.
- ^ a b Jarvis, Brandon (April 17, 2025). "Clean Virginia and Dominion Energy face off again in statewide primary". Virginia Scope. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
- ^ Nir, David; Singer, Jeff (April 11, 2025). "Morning Digest: Don't sleep on these two major races happening in Virginia this year". The Downballot. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
- ^ "Fmr. Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring Endorses Shannon Taylor for Attorney General". Blue Virginia. May 2025. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
- ^ a b Barthel, Margaret (May 15, 2025). "Meet the two Democrats running in the primary for Virginia Attorney General". WAMU.
- ^ Jarvis, Brandon (April 5, 2025). "Shannon Taylor announces Q1 fundraising haul". Virginia Scope. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
- ^ "EMILYs List Endorses State Sen. Ghazala Hashmi for Lieutenant Governor and Shannon Taylor for Attorney General of Virginia". Blue Virginia. December 12, 2024. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
- ^ "New "Internal" Poll by Shannon Taylor for AG Campaign Finds Taylor Leading Jay Jones 25%-15%, with 60% Undecided". Blue Virginia. March 27, 2025. Retrieved April 25, 2025.
- ^ "2025 June Democratic Primary". Virginia Department of Elections. Retrieved June 28, 2025.
- ^ "Jay Jones wins Democratic primary for Virginia Attorney General, will face Miyares in November". 13 News Now. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
- ^ "Everytown For Gun Safety Endorses Ghazala Hashmi for Lt. Governor and Jay Jones for Attorney General of Virginia". Everytown for Gun Safety. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
- ^ "GIFFORDS PAC endorses Ghazala Hashmi for lieutenant governor and Jay Jones for attorney general in Virginia". Giffords. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
- ^ "Virginia Statewide 2025 General Election" (PDF). co/efficient. June 10, 2025. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
- ^ "Statewide Offices". Virginia Department of Elections. July 9, 2025.
External links
Official campaign websites