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Democratic nominee Jay Jones secures nomination as Attorney General
Read full article: Democratic nominee Jay Jones secures nomination as Attorney GeneralFormer Del. Jay Jones will look to be the face of legal resistance to President Donald Trump in Virginia after winning Tuesday’s closely watched Democratic state primary for attorney general.
Virginia Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General Democratic Primary results on June 17, 2025
Read full article: Virginia Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General Democratic Primary results on June 17, 2025Here’s your one-stop shop for the three statewide races in the June 17, 2025, primary election.
Under the new Trump administration, this year’s Transgender Day of Visibility has a different tenor
Read full article: Under the new Trump administration, this year’s Transgender Day of Visibility has a different tenorPresident Donald Trump has signed a slew of policies aimed at wiping transgender people out of government records, sports and even history.
Powerful US storms kill 2 and bring threats from critical fire weather to blizzard conditions
Read full article: Powerful US storms kill 2 and bring threats from critical fire weather to blizzard conditionsPowerful storms have killed two people in Mississippi, torn the roofs off an apartment building and a nursing home in Oklahoma and threatened communities across the nation.
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Virginia Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General Democratic Primary results on June 8, 2021
Read full article: Virginia Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General Democratic Primary results on June 8, 2021Here’s your one-stop shop for the three statewide races in the June 8, 2021, primary election.
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What’s on the ballot in Virginia’s primary on June 8, 2021
Read full article: What’s on the ballot in Virginia’s primary on June 8, 2021Virginia’s Democratic voters will pick their party’s nominees for this year’s three statewide races in Tuesday’s primary election, and both parties will settle on nominations for the House of Delegates and local seats.
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Gov. Ralph Northam endorses Jay Jones over incumbent Attorney General Mark Herring
Read full article: Gov. Ralph Northam endorses Jay Jones over incumbent Attorney General Mark Herring(AP Photo/Steve Helber) RIGHT: Jay Jones picture from his campaign websiteOn Thursday morning, rather than the man he’s served beside for four years, Gov. Ralph Northam endorsed the Democrat looking to halt two-term Attorney General Mark Herring’s reelection campaign, Jay Jones. Simply put, Ralph Northam is the most consequential governor in the history of this Commonwealth.”AdIf elected, Jones would be Virginia’s first Black attorney general. Jones’ opponent, Mark Herring won the 2017 race for attorney general, beating Republican John Donley Adams by 175,850 votes, with 53.3% of all votes cast. Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring (WSLS)In the election prior, 2013, Herring only defeated his Republican challenger, Mark Dudley Obenshain, by 165 votes.
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Virginia attorney general plans to run for reelection
Read full article: Virginia attorney general plans to run for reelectionVirginia Attorney General Mark Herring is running for reelection, forgoing a gubernatorial bid hed previously announced. Charniele Herring, the House majority leader, who said the attorney general informed her Wednesday that he was running again. She is not related to the attorney general. The attorney general told the Washington Post in 2018 that he was planning to run for governor in the 2021 election. Jay Jones, also a Democrat, has announced plans to run for attorney general.