2025 Virginia Attorney General election

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2025 Virginia Attorney General election
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Nominee Jay Jones Jason Miyares
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,804,9401,577,843
Percentage53.14%46.45%
2025 Virginia attorney general election results map by county and independent city.svg
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Jones:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Miyares:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     50%     No votes
Attorney General before election

Jason Miyares
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Jay Jones
Democratic

The 2025 Virginia Attorney General election was held in the US state of Virginia on November 4, 2025, to elect the attorney general. Incumbent Republican Jason Miyares lost his bid for a second term to a challenge by the Democratic nominee Jay Jones in the general election. [1] [2] The in-person early voting period ran from September 19 to November 1, 2025. [3]

Contents

During his campaign for attorney general, Jones received widespread condemnation after text messages from 2022 surfaced in which he advocated shooting the then-state house speaker Todd Gilbert and fantasized about the death of his children, while deriding a moderate Democrat who had received eulogies from Republicans. [4] [5] [6] Despite the controversy, Jones did not lose the endorsement of any elected state party Democrats and won the election in a blue wave by an over six percentage point margin. [7] [8] Jones will be the first African American to serve as the attorney general. [9]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Endorsements

Jason Miyares

Statewide officials

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. [12] Jay Jones received $579,000 from Clean Virginia. [13]

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

  • Steve Descano, Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney (2020–present) (endorsed Jones) [16]

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 sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Jay
Jones		Shannon
Taylor		Undecided
Global Strategy Group (D) [30] [A] March 11–13, 2025600 (LV)± 4.0%15%25%60%

Results

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Results by county and independent city:
  Jones
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Taylor
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Tie
  •   50%
2025 Virginia Attorney General Democratic primary [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jay Jones 252,976 51.11%
Democratic Shannon Taylor 241,96948.89%
Total votes494,945 100.00%

General election

Campaign

In October, a month before the election, a 2022 text conversation that Jay Jones had with Republican delegate Carrie Coyner following the death of former delegate Democrat Joe Johnson Jr. was made public by National Review . In the texts, Jones made disparaging remarks toward Republican members of the House, stating, "If those guys die before me I will go to their funerals to piss on their graves." Jones then followed up the remark by targeting then-Speaker of the House of Delegates Republican Todd Gilbert, giving a scenario in which Gilbert would be shot twice in the head. Jones said, "Three people, two bullets, Gilbert, Hitler, and Pol Pot. Gilbert gets two bullets to the head. Spoiler: put Gilbert in the crew with the two worst people you know, and he receives both bullets every time." Jones would then take his remarks further, targeting Gilbert's children, wishing death upon them, and stating that Gilbert and his wife were "evil" and "breeding little fascists." [32] [33] [34] [35]

Jones received bipartisan condemnation for his texts. His running mates Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic nominee in the 2025 Virginia gubernatorial election, and Ghazala Hashmi, the Democratic nominee in the 2025 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election, both issued statements condemning Jones's comments. Spanberger stated that she had spoken with Jones regarding her "disgust". Meanwhile, Hashmi stated, "I condemn it at every turn, Jay must take accountability for the pain that his words have caused", along with U.S. Senator Mark Warner writing that Jones's comments are "appalling, unacceptable, and inconsistent with the person [he's] known." [36] Virginia Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell called the texts "a serious lapse in judgment that cannot be defended," while current Virginia House Speaker Don Scott condemned the remarks but stated that "we can't get distracted, because they want us to get distracted by the text message here or something else. Stay focused." [35] Republicans, including Governor Glenn Youngkin, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, and Vice President JD Vance, called for Jones to withdraw from the race. [37] [38]

In Jones's initial statement following the publication, he accused his opponent of "dropping smears through Trump-controlled media organizations to assault my character and rescue his desperate campaign" and stated that his opponent "will continue to be accountable to Donald Trump, not the people of Virginia." [39] Prior to the article, it had come out that in the same year, Jones was charged with reckless driving after driving 116 miles per hour on Interstate 64 in New Kent County. Despite Virginia's mandatory one-year jail sentence for reckless driving, Jones was sentenced to 1,000 hours of community service, half of which he served working for his own PAC, Meet Our Moment, along with a $1,500 fine. [40] Jones would later issue a statement taking responsibility for the text messages and apologized to Gilbert and his family. [41]

A criminal investigation was opened against Jones by the New Kent County Commonwealth's Attorney on October 9, stating that the documentation did not clearly indicate that Meet Our Moment was a political action committee and that community service must be performed at nonpolitical nonprofit organizations. [42] On October 21, a judge signed an order recusing the New Kent County Commonwealth's Attorney and appointing the Williamsburg-James City County Commonwealth's Attorney as a special prosecutor to oversee the investigation. [43]

Debates

There was one streamed debate, on October 16, hosted by the University of Richmond. [44]

2025 Virginia attorney general debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Republican Democratic
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
MiyaresJones
1October 16, 2025 Virginia Bar Association
University of Richmond 		Brett Marston [45] PP

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
State Navigate [46] Lean D (flip)October 22, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball [47] Lean D (flip)August 21, 2025

Post-primary endorsements

Jason Miyares (R)
Federal officials
Statewide officials
U.S. representatives
State legislators
Local officials
Organizations
Jay Jones (D)
U.S. Senators
State legislators
Local officials
Organizations

Polling

Aggregate polls

Source of poll
aggregation		Dates
administered		Dates
updated		Jason
Miyares (R)		Jay
Jones (D)		Other/Undecided
[b] 		Margin
Decision Desk HQ [69] through November 3, 2025November 3, 202547.4%45.5%7.1%Miyares +1.9%
RealClearPolitics [70] October 16–31, 2025November 2, 202547.0%45.4%7.6%Miyares +1.6%
VoteHub [71] through November 3, 2025November 4, 202546.9%45.8%7.3%Miyares +1.1%
Average47.1%45.6%7.3%Miyares +1.5%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Jason
Miyares (R)		Jay
Jones (D)		OtherUndecided
Quantus Insights (R) [72] November 3, 20251,039 (LV)± 2.7%47%47%1%5%
InsiderAdvantage (R) [73] November 2–3, 2025800 (LV)± 3.5%47%49%–4%
The Trafalgar Group (R) [74] November 1–2, 20251,057 (LV)± 2.9%46%46%–8%
Emerson College [75] October 30–31, 2025880 (LV)± 3.2%47%49%–4%
Echelon Insights [76] October 28–31, 2025606 (LV)± 4.7%49%46%1% [c] 4%
AtlasIntel [77] October 25–30, 20251,325 (LV)± 3.0%48%47%3% [d] 2%
SoCal Strategies (R) [78] [B] October 28–29, 2025800 (LV)–48%46%–6%
State Navigate [79] October 26–28, 2025614 (LV)± 4.0%46%49%–5%
Roanoke College [80] October 22–27, 20251,041 (LV)± 4.1%46%38%4% [e] 12%
A2 Insights [81] October 24–26, 2025776 (LV)–49%48%–3%
Christopher Newport University [82] October 21–23, 2025803 (LV)± 4.1%46%45%1%8%
Suffolk University [83] October 19–21, 2025500 (LV)± 4.4%46%42%2% [f] 9%
Quantus Insights (R) [84] October 19–20, 20251,302 (RV)± 2.8%49%42%2%7%
State Navigate [85] October 17–20, 2025694 (LV)± 4.0%45%50%–5%
The Washington Post/Schar School [86] October 16–20, 2025927 (LV)± 3.5%46%46%5% [g] 3%
927 (RV)44%44%9% [h] 3%
Kaplan Strategies (R) [87] October 16–18, 2025556 (LV)± 4.2%45%44%–10%
co/efficient (R) [88] October 15–17, 2025937 (LV)± 3.2%46%42%–11%
Clarity Campaign Labs (D) [89] [C] October 14–17, 2025958 (RV)± 3.2%47%47%–6%
The Trafalgar Group/InsiderAdvantage (R) [90] October 13–15, 20251,039 (LV)± 2.9%50%45%–6%
Virginia Commonwealth University [91] October 6–14, 2025842 (A)± 4.0%45%42%–12%
The Trafalgar Group (R) [92] October 8–10, 20251,034 (LV)± 2.9%49%43%–8%
Cygnal (R) [93] [D] October 6–7, 2025600 (LV)± 4.0%46%44%–10%
Hart Research (D) [94] [E] October 4–6, 2025600 (LV)–45%46%–9%
October 3, 2025Jay Jones text messages leak
Christopher Newport University [95] September 29 – October 1, 2025805 (RV)± 3.9%43%49%–8%
The Trafalgar Group (R) [96] September 29 – October 1, 20251,034 (LV)± 2.9%45%49%–6%
The Washington Post/Schar School [97] September 25–29, 20251,002 (LV)± 3.4%45%51%1% [i] 3%
1,002 (RV)42%48%6% [j] 3%
A2 Insights [98] September 16–28, 2025771 (LV)–46%49%1% [k] 5%
OnMessage Inc. (R) [99] September 15–18, 2025800 (V)± 3.5%46%46%–8%
Christopher Newport University [100] September 8–14, 2025808 (RV)± 3.9%41%48%–12%
Cygnal (R) [93] [D] September 7, 2025––43%46%–11%
Virginia Commonwealth University [101] August 18–28, 2025804 (A)± 4.1%41%47%–12%
SoCal Strategies (R) [102] [F] August 31 – September 1, 2025700 (LV)–41%46%–12%
co/efficient (R) [103] August 23–26, 20251,025 (LV)± 3.06%44%45%–11%
Roanoke College [104] [105] August 11–15, 2025702 (LV)± 4.3%38%41%–21%
Wick Insights [106] July 9–11, 20251,000 (LV)± 3.0%41%48%–11%
American Directions Research Group/AARP [107] June 25 – July 8, 20251,001 (LV)± 3.1%36%53%–11%
Virginia Commonwealth University [108] June 19 – July 3, 2025764 (RV)± 4.2%37%46%3% [l] 13%
Hypothetical polling

Jason Miyares vs. Generic Democrat

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Jason
Miyares (R)		Generic
Democrat		Undecided
co/efficient (R) [109] [G] June 8–10, 20251,127 (LV)± 3.1%44%44%12%

Results

2025 Virginia Attorney General election [110]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Jay Jones 1,804,940 53.14% +3.59%
Republican Jason Miyares (incumbent)1,577,84346.45%−3.91%
Write-in 13,7160.40%+0.31%
Total votes3,396,499 100.00% N/A
Democratic gain from Republican

By county and independent city

Locality [111] Jason Miyares
Republican		Jay Jones
Democratic		Write-in
Various		MarginTotals
#%#%#%#%
Accomack 7,46257.57%5,47942.27%210.16%−1,983−15.30%12,962
Albemarle 18,72734.16%35,79865.30%2960.54%17,07131.14%54,821
Alexandria 13,41221.86%47,31777.12%6301.03%33,90555.26%61,359
Alleghany 4,17972.64%1,55927.10%150.26%−2,620−45.54%5,753
Amelia 4,68674.03%1,63725.86%70.11%−3,049−48.17%6,330
Amherst 9,12169.70%3,94130.12%240.18%−5,180−39.58%13,086
Appomattox 5,75178.17%1,59421.67%120.16%−4,157−56.50%7,357
Arlington 21,02121.59%75,63377.67%7190.74%54,61256.09%97,373
Augusta 25,47875.09%8,35224.62%990.29%−17,126−50.48%33,929
Bath 1,46177.02%43122.72%50.26%−1,030−54.30%1,897
Bedford 30,20377.36%8,76122.44%800.20%−21,442−54.92%39,044
Bland 2,02484.44%37015.44%30.13%−1,654−69.00%2,397
Botetourt 12,40074.34%4,25425.50%270.16%−8,146−48.83%16,681
Bristol 3,24268.79%1,46030.98%110.23%−1,782−37.81%4,713
Brunswick 2,72045.96%3,18653.84%120.20%4667.87%5,918
Buchanan 4,51983.98%85115.81%110.20%−3,668−68.17%5,381
Buckingham 3,73061.84%2,28937.95%130.22%−1,441−23.89%6,032
Buena Vista 1,49171.41%59028.26%70.34%−901−43.15%2,088
Campbell 17,47076.18%5,41023.59%520.23%−12,060−52.59%22,932
Caroline 7,05752.87%6,25546.86%350.26%−802−6.01%13,347
Carroll 9,11280.75%2,15719.12%150.13%−6,955−61.64%11,284
Charles City 1,58745.76%1,86753.84%140.40%2808.07%3,468
Charlotte 3,26269.54%1,42230.31%70.15%−1,840−39.22%4,691
Charlottesville 2,66714.50%15,62584.95%1020.55%12,95870.45%18,394
Chesapeake 45,17347.21%50,26752.53%2530.26%5,0945.32%95,693
Chesterfield 77,19845.62%91,37454.00%6440.38%14,1768.38%169,216
Clarke 4,46158.93%3,08140.70%280.37%−1,380−18.23%7,570
Colonial Heights 4,31866.12%2,19833.65%150.23%−2,120−32.46%6,531
Covington 1,06263.94%59635.88%30.18%−466−28.06%1,661
Craig 1,86382.65%38717.17%40.18%−1,476−65.48%2,254
Culpeper 13,44462.18%8,11137.52%650.30%−5,333−24.67%21,620
Cumberland 2,72461.91%1,66037.73%160.36%−1,064−24.18%4,400
Danville 4,86139.94%7,27659.78%340.28%2,41519.84%12,171
Dickenson 3,51379.21%91220.56%100.23%−2,601−58.65%4,435
Dinwiddie 7,30560.65%4,71539.14%250.21%−2,590−21.50%12,045
Emporia 59335.64%1,06964.24%20.12%47628.61%1,664
Essex 2,69155.66%2,13044.05%140.29%−561−11.60%4,835
Fairfax City 3,33132.54%6,83266.74%740.72%3,50134.20%10,237
Fairfax County 136,32530.94%301,29468.38%3,0030.68%164,96937.44%440,622
Falls Church 1,59121.65%5,69677.50%630.86%4,10555.85%7,350
Fauquier 21,12761.68%13,01237.99%1130.33%−8,115−23.69%34,252
Floyd 4,94967.11%2,40632.62%200.27%−2,543−34.48%7,375
Fluvanna 7,15153.79%6,09645.86%470.35%−1,055−7.94%13,294
Franklin City 1,15339.47%1,76660.46%20.07%61320.99%2,921
Franklin County 17,06274.00%5,93625.74%590.26%−11,126−48.25%23,057
Frederick 24,41163.15%14,17736.67%680.18%−10,234−26.47%38,656
Fredericksburg 3,40832.89%6,90666.64%490.47%3,49833.75%10,363
Galax 1,33471.15%53928.75%20.11%−795−42.40%1,875
Giles 5,18676.89%1,54322.88%160.24%−3,643−54.01%6,745
Gloucester 11,98269.52%5,22130.29%320.19%−6,761−39.23%17,235
Goochland 10,60462.84%6,21636.84%550.33%−4,388−26.00%16,875
Grayson 4,75281.15%1,09818.75%60.10%−3,654−62.40%5,856
Greene 5,76261.25%3,61538.43%300.32%−2,147−22.82%9,407
Greensville 1,50345.09%1,82854.85%20.06%3259.75%3,333
Halifax 8,23762.04%5,02437.84%150.11%−3,213−24.20%13,276
Hampton 13,06327.81%33,81971.99%960.20%20,75644.18%46,978
Hanover 39,07665.29%20,53534.31%2410.40%−18,541−30.98%59,852
Harrisonburg 4,12231.94%8,72267.59%600.46%4,60035.65%12,904
Henrico 53,00535.89%94,03963.67%6530.44%41,03427.78%147,697
Henry 11,60466.54%5,79633.23%400.23%−5,808−33.30%17,440
Highland 85973.23%30826.26%60.51%−551−46.97%1,173
Hopewell 2,82742.65%3,79457.24%70.11%96714.59%6,628
Isle of Wight 11,49560.22%7,55639.59%370.19%−3,939−20.64%19,088
James City 20,84849.36%21,23050.27%1560.37%3820.90%42,234
King and Queen 2,07363.57%1,18036.19%80.25%−893−27.38%3,261
King George 7,27962.87%4,26636.85%330.29%−3,013−26.02%11,578
King William 6,32570.28%2,65729.52%180.20%−3,668−40.76%9,000
Lancaster 3,47758.26%2,46941.37%220.37%−1,008−16.89%5,968
Lee 5,56886.45%86713.46%60.09%−4,701−72.99%6,441
Lexington 78737.02%1,32962.51%100.47%54225.49%2,126
Loudoun 66,84940.18%98,69659.32%8410.51%31,84719.14%166,386
Louisa 11,93863.52%6,80436.20%510.27%−5,134−27.32%18,793
Lunenburg 2,78962.32%1,67637.45%100.22%−1,113−24.87%4,475
Lynchburg 14,34054.08%12,08245.56%950.36%−2,258−8.52%26,517
Madison 4,48368.24%2,06331.41%230.35%−2,420−36.84%6,569
Manassas 4,44638.28%7,12061.31%480.41%2,67423.02%11,614
Manassas Park 1,28232.27%2,67467.30%170.43%1,39235.04%3,973
Martinsville 1,55639.42%2,38660.45%50.13%83021.03%3,947
Mathews 3,42771.86%1,33527.99%70.15%−2,092−43.87%4,769
Mecklenburg 7,33462.35%4,40937.48%200.17%−2,925−24.87%11,763
Middlesex 3,65765.37%1,92634.43%110.20%−1,731−30.94%5,594
Montgomery 16,71246.14%19,33553.38%1730.48%2,6237.24%36,220
Nelson 4,04353.13%3,54346.56%230.30%−500−6.57%7,609
New Kent 9,29967.30%4,47832.41%410.30%−4,821−34.89%13,818
Newport News 19,06133.99%36,88565.77%1390.25%17,82431.78%56,085
Norfolk 17,45927.38%46,05772.22%2600.41%28,59844.84%63,776
Northampton 2,64848.44%2,79851.18%210.38%1502.74%5,467
Northumberland 4,35464.16%2,41335.56%190.28%−1,941−28.60%6,786
Norton 75072.12%28927.79%10.10%−461−44.33%1,040
Nottoway 3,29961.42%2,06038.35%120.22%−1,239−23.07%5,371
Orange 10,55961.54%6,52638.03%740.43%−4,033−23.50%17,159
Page 7,19677.84%2,03221.98%170.18%−5,164−55.86%9,245
Patrick 5,23879.60%1,33220.24%100.15%−3,906−59.36%6,580
Petersburg 1,28112.97%8,57586.81%220.22%7,29473.84%9,878
Pittsylvania 17,89772.60%6,71227.23%440.18%−11,185−45.37%24,653
Poquoson 4,62474.16%1,59825.63%130.21%−3,026−48.53%6,235
Portsmouth 9,14729.32%21,98870.48%620.20%12,84141.16%31,197
Powhatan 12,50773.86%4,37625.84%510.30%−8,131−48.02%16,934
Prince Edward 3,85352.05%3,52047.55%290.39%−333−4.50%7,402
Prince George 8,32761.06%5,29438.82%160.12%−3,033−22.24%13,637
Prince William 60,38636.71%103,55362.95%5720.35%43,16726.24%164,511
Pulaski 9,00472.15%3,44027.56%360.29%−5,564−44.58%12,480
Radford 2,19747.28%2,42652.21%240.52%2294.93%4,647
Rappahannock 2,36859.20%1,60640.15%260.65%−762−19.05%4,000
Richmond City 15,39017.17%73,70282.21%5600.62%58,31265.04%89,652
Richmond County 2,09867.46%1,01232.54%00.00%−1,086−34.92%3,110
Roanoke City 11,20436.75%19,10462.66%1780.58%7,90025.91%30,486
Roanoke County 26,48062.34%15,82237.25%1760.41%−10,658−25.09%42,478
Rockbridge 6,88368.54%3,12631.13%340.34%−3,757−37.41%10,043
Rockingham 25,67271.72%9,99427.92%1310.37%−15,678−43.80%35,797
Russell 7,45183.77%1,41815.94%260.29%−6,033−67.82%8,895
Salem 5,66460.46%3,66339.10%410.44%−2,001−21.36%9,368
Scott 6,27685.77%1,02614.02%150.21%−5,250−71.75%7,317
Shenandoah 13,02072.25%4,93727.40%630.35%−8,083−44.86%18,020
Smyth 8,07081.18%1,84318.54%280.28%−6,227−62.64%9,941
Southampton 4,69863.44%2,69836.43%90.12%−2,000−27.01%7,405
Spotsylvania 31,18752.53%28,02047.19%1650.28%−3,167−5.33%59,372
Stafford 30,18648.17%32,27951.51%2010.32%2,0933.34%62,666
Staunton 4,58642.98%6,04356.64%400.37%1,45713.66%10,669
Suffolk 17,13141.30%24,26558.50%830.20%7,13417.20%41,479
Surry 1,77849.75%1,78950.06%70.20%110.31%3,574
Sussex 1,85448.46%1,96551.36%70.18%1112.90%3,826
Tazewell 10,53383.60%2,04416.22%230.18%−8,489−67.37%12,600
Virginia Beach 82,62049.12%85,19150.65%3870.23%2,5711.53%168,198
Warren 10,88867.68%5,14531.98%550.34%−5,743−35.70%16,088
Washington 16,32678.08%4,51521.59%680.33%−11,811−56.49%20,909
Waynesboro 4,28050.87%4,11148.86%230.27%−169−2.01%8,414
Westmoreland 4,61457.08%3,45742.77%120.15%−1,157−14.31%8,083
Williamsburg 1,93129.13%4,66870.43%290.44%2,73741.29%6,628
Winchester 3,80343.87%4,83155.73%340.39%1,02811.86%8,668
Wise 8,99381.96%1,95617.83%230.21%−7,037−64.14%10,972
Wythe 8,74779.53%2,22920.27%230.21%−6,518−59.26%10,999
York 16,90654.04%14,29445.69%830.27%−2,612−8.35%31,283
Totals1,577,84346.45%1,804,94053.14%13,7160.40%227,0976.69%3,396,499

By congressional district

Jones won six of 11 congressional districts. [112]

DistrictMiyaresJonesRepresentative
1st 54.0%45.6% Rob Wittman
2nd 50.4%49.4% Jen Kiggans
3rd 30.8%68.9% Bobby Scott
4th 32.5%67.1% Jennifer McClellan
5th 57.1%42.6% John McGuire
6th 62.1%37.5% Ben Cline
7th 46.2%53.5% Eugene Vindman
8th 24.9%74.3% Don Beyer
9th 71.5%28.2% Morgan Griffith
10th 44.3%55.2% Suhas Subramanyam
11th 31.2%68.1% James Walkinshaw

Exit poll

Despite Miyares' loss, he had the best performance among the three statewide Republicans in the 2025 Virginia elections. Miyares particularly benefitted from ticket splitting among White and Hispanic voters, winning a majority of Latino men (his own demographic), White women, and White men. Jones won Black and Asian voters by very large margins. [113]

CNN exit poll

2025 Virginia gubernatorial election voter demographics (CNN) [113]
Demographic subgroupJonesMiyares% of
total vote
Ideology
Liberals 91933
Moderates 633733
Conservatives 89135
Party
Democrats 95436
Republicans 49631
Independents 534633
Donald Trump job approval
Approve39739
Disapprove891159
Most important issue facing Virginia
Economy603948
Health care752421
Education504911
Immigration118911
2024 presidential vote
Kamala Harris 93751
Donald Trump 49642
Another candidate48512
Did not vote64353
Gender
Men445547
Women603953
Income
$200,000 or more604014
$100,000-$199,999485228
$50,000-$99,999554431
Less than $50,000584126
Race/ethnicity
White 425871
Asian 77224
Latino 61395
Black 891116
White born-again or evangelical Christian?
Yes158428
No663472
Race by gender
White men346634
White women495036
Black men85147
Black women9289
Latino men45542
Latina women74262
All other voters70299
Age
18–29 years old623713
30–44 years old584120
45-64 years old505035
65 and older485132
Area type
Urban613919
Suburban544557
Rural435624
Education
College graduate584252
No college degree475248
Education by race
White college graduates514938
Non-white college graduates772314
Whites without college326833
Non-whites without college811915
Education by gender and race
White women with college degrees594120
White women without college degrees376316
White men with college degrees425818
White men without college degrees267317
Voters of color792130
Educational attainment
Advanced degree 623723
Bachelor's degree544529
Associate's degree504910
Some college514817
Never attended college425721

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  3. ↑ "I did not vote for this office" with 1%
  4. ↑ "Would not vote" with 3%
  5. ↑ "Refused" with 3%; "Some other candidate" with 1%
  6. ↑ "Refused" with 2%
  7. ↑ "Neither" with 4%; "Would not vote" with 1%
  8. ↑ "Neither" with 6%; "Would not vote" with 3%
  9. ↑ "None of these" with 1%
  10. ↑ "Neither" with 4%; "Would not vote" with 2%
  11. ↑ "Other" with 1%
  12. ↑ "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 Red Eagle Politics, a conservative content creator
  3. ↑ Poll commissioned by the Democratic Attorneys General Association, which supports Jones
  4. 1 2 Poll commissioned by the Republican Attorneys General Association, which supports Miyares
  5. ↑ Poll sponsored by Jones's campaign
  6. ↑ Poll sponsored by the Virginia Project
  7. ↑ Poll sponsored by Founders Insight

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