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Jay Jones, Democratic candidate

Virginia Democratic nominee sidesteps Jay Jones question during debate

A bigail Spanberger, Democratic candidate for Virginia governor, declined to say on Thursday whether she still endorsed her party’s attorney general hopeful, Jay Jones, who is facing a storm of criticism over 2022 text messages suggesting the former Virginia House speaker should be shot.

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Can Jay Jones be replaced? Democrats' defense of scandal-plagued candidate draws questions

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Shellenberger: Zero Democratic Leaders Calling On Jay Jones To Drop Out Is A New Low In American Politics

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Texts from Democratic A.G. Candidate Roil Virginia Governor’s Race

In the messages, the Democratic candidate for attorney general, Jay Jones, discusses the hypothetical killing of a Republican lawmaker.

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Takeaways from the only debate in the Virginia governor’s race

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Virginia governor race: Spanberger, Earle-Sears have tense face-off in debate

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Candidates in Virginia governor’s debate clash over shutdown, Trump and violent rhetoric

Republican Winsome Earle-Sears and Democrat Abigail Spanberger faced off for the first and only time on the debate stage Thursday night in Virginia’s high-stakes governors race.

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ODU political analyst provides debate grades for Spanberger, Earle-Sears

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‘Nude men in locker rooms’: Earle-Sears blasts Spanberger over transgender locker room stance in heated debate

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Virginia gubernatorial candidates spar at first debate

The debate became heated at times with both candidates taking some jabs at their opponent.

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Watch live: Spanberger, Earle-Sears face off in Nexstar’s Virginia gubernatorial debate

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Watch: Spanberger, Earle-Sears face off in Nexstar’s Virginia gubernatorial debate

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Virginia Dems quietly fret that refusal to dump AG candidate Jay Jones is hurting party: ‘Avoid him like the plague’

Jones has been under fire since his disturbing Aug. 8, 2022, text messages to Republican delegate Carrie Coyner were leaked to National Review. In the messages, Jones likened then-Republican state House Speaker Todd Gilbert to mass-murdering dictators Adolf Hitler and Pol Pot.

Jay Jones scandal shakes up Virginia's attorney general race

Virginia’s attorney general race continues to make headlines nationwide as Democratic candidate Jay Jones tries to recover from a text message scandal.

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Beshear becomes first major Democrat to question Jay Jones after violent texts revealed

Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) became the first leading Democratic lawmaker to publicly question voting for Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones, breaking with his party’s reluctance to address the campaign.

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Democrats under fire for standing by Virginia AG hopeful who joked about shooting GOP rival

Democrats’ silence on Jay Jones’ violent “two bullets" texts is raising questions about political hypocrisy and moral leadership in Virginia.

Candidates in Virginia governor's debate clash over shutdown and violent rhetoric

Republican Winsome Earle-Sears and Democrat Abigail Spanberger have faced off on the debate stage in Virginia’s high-stakes governor’s race

Chair of Virginia Democratic Party, former Republican governor react to debate

Only a select few were in the room at Norfolk State University when Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears and former Rep. Abigail Spanberger faced off in their only gubernatorial debate ahead of the election.

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Spanberger excoriated online as a ‘coward’ for refusal to ditch ‘unhinged’ Jay Jones

Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger was excoriated as "pathetic" and a "coward" online after refusing to revoke her endorsement of fellow Democrat Jay Jones.