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2025 Virginia Attorney General election
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Nominee Jason Miyares Jay Jones
Party Republican Democratic

The 2025 Virginia Attorney General election will be held on November 4, 2025, to elect the attorney general of Virginia. The incumbent Republican attorney general, Jason Miyares, is running for re-election. The in-person early voting period runs from September 19 to November 1, 2025.[1]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Endorsements

Results

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.[4] Jay Jones received $579,000 from Clean Virginia.[5]

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

  • Steve Descano, Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney (2020–present) (endorsed Jones)[8]

Endorsements

Jay Jones

U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Statewide officials
State legislators
Local officials
Organizations

Shannon Taylor

Statewide officials
State legislators
Labor unions
Organizations

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Jay
Jones 		Shannon
Taylor 		Undecided
Global Strategy Group (D)[22][A] March 11–13, 2025 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 15% 25% 60%

Results

Results by county and independent city:

  •   50–60%

  •   60–70%

  •   70–80%

General election

Predictions

Post-primary endorsements

Jason Miyares (R)

Statewide officials
Local officials
Organizations

Jay Jones (D)

State legislators
Local officials
Organizations

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Jason
Miyares (R) 		Jay
Jones (D) 		Other Undecided
OnMessage Inc. (R)[38] September 15–18, 2025 800 (V) ± 3.5% 46% 46% – 8%
Christopher Newport University[39] September 8–14, 2025 808 (RV) ± 3.9% 41% 48% – 12%
Virginia Commonwealth University[40] August 18–28, 2025 804 (A) ± 4.1% 41% 47% – 12%
SoCal Strategies (R)[41][B] August 31 – September 1, 2025 700 (LV) – 41% 46% – 12%
co/efficient (R)[42] August 23–26, 2025 1,025 (LV) ± 3.06% 44% 45% – 11%
Roanoke College[43][44] August 11–15, 2025 702 (LV) ± 4.3% 38% 41% – 21%
Wick Insights[45] July 9–11, 2025 1,000 (LV) ± 3.0% 41% 48% – 11%
Virginia Commonwealth University[46] June 19 – July 3, 2025 764 (RV) ± 4.2% 37% 46% 3%[b] 13%

Hypothetical polling

Jason Miyares vs. Generic Democrat

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Jason
Miyares (R) 		Generic
Democrat 		Undecided
co/efficient (R)[47][C] June 8–10, 2025 1,127 (LV) ± 3.1% 44% 44% 12%

Results

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ “Wouldn’t vote” with 2%, “Refused” with 1%, and “Someone else” with 0%

Partisan clients

  1. ^ Poll sponsored by Taylor’s campaign
  2. ^ Poll sponsored by the Virginia Project
  3. ^ Poll sponsored by Founders Insight

References

  1. ^ “Upcoming Elections”. Virginia Department of Elections. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
  2. ^ Chen, Anna (April 3, 2025). “Republican Party of Virginia nominates Jason Miyares for Attorney General of Virginia”. WJHL.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Sledge, Matt (June 14, 2025). “Virginia AG Hopeful Was Outraising His Rival — Then Dominion Energy Tipped the Scale”. The Intercept. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
  6. ^ Mirshahi, Dean (November 12, 2024). “Former Delegate Jay Jones launches bid for Virginia attorney general”. WRIC-TV. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
  7. ^ Mirshahi, Dean (June 19, 2024). “Henrico’s top prosecutor Shannon Taylor kicks off 2025 Virginia attorney general run”. WRIC-TV. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  8. ^ a b Jarvis, Brandon (May 6, 2024). “Descano opts to endorse Jones instead of running for attorney general”. Virginia Scope.
  9. ^ Manchester, Julia (June 3, 2025). “Booker wades into Virginia attorney general race”. The Hill. Retrieved September 25, 2025.
  10. ^ “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.
  11. ^ a b Jarvis, Brandon (May 8, 2025). “Rep. Scott endorses Jay Jones in the AG primary”. Virginia Political Newsletter. Retrieved September 25, 2025.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ “Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Jay Jones for Virginia Attorney General”. AFGE.org. May 20, 2025. Retrieved May 25, 2025.
  16. ^ a b Jarvis, Brandon (April 17, 2025). “Clean Virginia and Dominion Energy face off again in statewide primary”. Virginia Scope. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ “Fmr. Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring Endorses Shannon Taylor for Attorney General”. Blue Virginia. May 2025. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  19. ^ a b Barthel, Margaret (May 15, 2025). “Meet the two Democrats running in the primary for Virginia Attorney General”. WAMU.
  20. ^ Jarvis, Brandon (April 5, 2025). “Shannon Taylor announces Q1 fundraising haul”. Virginia Scope. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  21. ^ “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.
  22. ^ “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.
  23. ^ “2025 June Democratic Primary”. Virginia Department of Elections. Retrieved June 28, 2025.
  24. ^ “’25 VA Forecast”. August 15, 2025. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
  25. ^ Jacobson, Louis (August 21, 2025). “State Attorneys General: The Top Races to be “Top Cop”“. Sabato’s Crystal Ball. Retrieved August 22, 2025.
  26. ^ “Northam, McDonnell share vision for Virginia’s future in election”. 13newsnow.com. October 29, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
  27. ^ Heavey, Deirdre (June 27, 2025). “Virginia sheriffs rip Dem challenger’s ‘criminals first’ agenda in fiery endorsement of Jason Miyares”. Fox News. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
  28. ^ “NRA’s Political Victory Fund Endorses Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears, Attorney General Jason Miyares and John Reid”. NRA-PVF. August 6, 2025. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
  29. ^ Manchester, Julia (August 13, 2025). “Virginia police group splits ticket, backing Spanberger and downballot Republicans”. The Hill. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
  30. ^ Schmidt, Markus (September 23, 2025). “Morrissey breaks with Democrats, backs GOP’s John Reid for lieutenant governor”. States Newsroom. Retrieved September 23, 2025.
  31. ^ Cooper, Tracy (June 17, 2025). “Jay Jones wins Democratic primary for Virginia Attorney General, will face Miyares in November”. WVEC. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  32. ^ “End Citizens United Endorses Jay Jones for Virginia Attorney General”. endcitizensunited.org. August 11, 2025. Retrieved September 8, 2025.
  33. ^ “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.
  34. ^ “GIFFORDS PAC endorses Ghazala Hashmi for lieutenant governor and Jay Jones for attorney general in Virginia”. Giffords. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  35. ^ “🚨Key Endorsements for 2025 & 2026🚨”. Jewish Democratic Council of America. Retrieved August 28, 2025.
  36. ^ “Virginia Chapter of the National Organization for Women announces candidates we are supporting”. National Organization for Women Virginia Chapter. 2025. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
  37. ^ “Reproductive Freedom for All Announces Slate of Endorsements for Virginia Races, Including Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General”. Reproductive Freedom for All. July 29, 2025. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
  38. ^ McLaughlin, Seth (September 25, 2025). “Virginia AG Miyares gains ground in reelection push as GOP rallies against political violence: Poll”. The Washington Times. Retrieved September 25, 2025.
  39. ^ “Jones Leads Miyares by 7 Points in Attorney General Race”. The Wason Center. September 18, 2025. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  40. ^ “Spanberger maintains lead in race for governor”. Virginia Commonwealth University. September 9, 2025. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
  41. ^ “Democrats Poised to Win All Statewide Virginia Elections in 2025, New SoCal Strategies Poll Finds”. Substack. September 1, 2025. Retrieved September 1, 2025.
  42. ^ “A new poll shows Spanberger leading; and tighter contests for LG and AG”. Virginia Political Newsletter. August 27, 2025. Retrieved August 27, 2025.
  43. ^ “Spanberger lead over Earle-Sears narrows”. Roanoke College. August 19, 2025. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
  44. ^ “Roanoke College, August 2025 – Topline and Crosstabs” (PDF). Roanoke College. August 19, 2025. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
  45. ^ “VA Statewide Survey, July 2025”. Wick Insights. July 22, 2025. Retrieved July 22, 2025.
  46. ^ “Commonwealth Poll: In Virginia governor’s race, Democratic candidate Spanberger leads GOP’s Earle-Sears, 49% to 37%”. Virginia Commonwealth University. July 16, 2025. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
  47. ^ “Virginia Statewide 2025 General Election” (PDF). co/efficient. June 10, 2025. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
  48. ^ “Statewide Offices”. Virginia Department of Elections. July 9, 2025.

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