2025 Virginia Attorney General election

2025 Virginia Attorney General election

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Nominee Jason Miyares Jay Jones Party Republican Democratic

Incumbent Attorney General Jason Miyares Republican

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

• Jason Miyares, incumbent attorney general (2022–present) ^[2]

Endorsements

Jason Miyares

Statewide officials

• Glenn Youngkin, governor of Virginia (2022–present) ^[3]

Results

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

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 ^[6]

Eliminated in primary

• Shannon Taylor, Henrico County Commonwealth's Attorney (2012–present) ^[7]

Declined

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

Endorsements

Jay Jones

U.S. Representatives

• Bobby Scott, Virginia's 3rd congressional district (1993–present) ^[9]

Statewide officials

• Terry McAuliffe, former governor of Virginia (2014–2018) ^[10]
• Ralph Northam, former governor of Virginia (2018–2022) ^[11]

State legislators

• Lashrecse Aird, state senator from the 13th district (2024–present) ^[11]
• Alex Askew, state delegate from the 95th district (2020–2022, 2024–present) ^[11]
• Jeff Bourne, former state delegate from the 71st district (2017–2024) ^[11]
• Patrick Hope, state delegate from the 1st district (2010–present) ^[12]
• Adele McClure, state delegate from the 2nd district (2024–present) ^[12]
• Russet Perry, state senator from the 31st district (2024–present) ^[12]
• Atoosa Reaser, state delegate from the 27th district (2024–present) ^[12]
• Irene Shin, state delegate from the 8th district (2022–present) ^[12]
• Kannan Srinivasan, state senator from the 32nd district (2025–present) ^[12]
• Schuyler VanValkenburg, state senator from the 16th district (2024–present) ^[11]

Local officials

• Andrea Bailey, Prince William County Supervisor ^[12]
• Parisa Dehghani-Tafti, Commonwealth’s Attorney of Arlington and Falls Church ^[12]
• Steve Descano, Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney ^[8]
• Karl Frisch, Fairfax County School Board chair ^[12]
• Koran Saines, Loudoun County supervisor ^[12]

Organizations

• American Federation of Government Employees ^[13]
• Clean Virginia ^[14]

Shannon Taylor

Statewide officials

• Mary Sue Terry, former Attorney General of Virginia (1986–1993) ^[15]
• Mark Herring, former Attorney General of Virginia (2014–2022) ^[16]

State legislators

• Dick Saslaw, majority leader of the Virginia State Senate (2020–2024) from the 35th district (1980-2024) ^[17]
• Eileen Filler-Corn, former Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates (2020–2022) from the 41st district (2010–2024) ^[17]

Labor unions

• International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers and SMART Local 100 ^[18]

Organizations

• Dominion Energy ^[14]
• EMILY's List ^[19]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	Jay Jones	Shannon Taylor	Undecided
Global Strategy Group (D) [20] [A]	March 11–13, 2025	600 (LV)	± 4.0%	15%	25%	60%

Results

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 ^[21]

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

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
State Navigate [22]	Likely D (flip)	August 15, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball [23]	Lean D (flip)	August 21, 2025

Post-primary endorsements

Jason Miyares (R)

Statewide officials

• Bob McDonnell, former governor of Virginia (2010–2014) ^[24]

Local officials

• 19 sheriffs ^[25]

Organizations

• NRA Political Victory Fund ^[26]
• Virginia Police Benevolent Association ^[27]

Jay Jones (D)

State legislators

• Joe Morrissey, state senator from the 16th district (2020–2024) ^[28]

Local officials

• Shannon Taylor, Henrico County Commonwealth's Attorney (2012–present) (eliminated in primary) ^[29]

Organizations

• End Citizens United ^[30]
• Everytown for Gun Safety ^[31]
• Giffords ^[32]
• Jewish Democratic Council of America ^[33]
• National Organization for Women Virginia Chapter ^[34]
• Reproductive Freedom for All ^[35]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	Jason Miyares (R)	Jay Jones (D)	Other	Undecided
Christopher Newport University [36]	September 8–14, 2025	808 (RV)	± 3.9%	41%	48%	–	12%
Virginia Commonwealth University [37]	August 18–28, 2025	804 (A)	± 4.1%	41%	47%	–	12%
SoCal Strategies (R) [38] [B]	August 31 – September 1, 2025	700 (LV)	–	41%	46%	–	12%
co/efficient (R) [39]	August 23–26, 2025	1,025 (LV)	± 3.06%	44%	45%	–	11%
Roanoke College [40] [41]	August 11–15, 2025	702 (LV)	± 4.3%	38%	41%	–	21%
Wick Insights [42]	July 9–11, 2025	1,000 (LV)	± 3.0%	41%	48%	–	11%
Virginia Commonwealth University [43]	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) [44] [C]	June 8–10, 2025	1,127 (LV)	± 3.1%	44%	44%	12%

Results

2025 Virginia Attorney General general election ^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jason Miyares (incumbent)
	Democratic	Jay Jones
	Write-in
Total votes

Notes

1. 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. Jarvis, Brandon (May 6, 2024). "Descano opts to endorse Jones instead of running for attorney general". Virginia Scope.
9. "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.
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37. "Spanberger maintains lead in race for governor". Virginia Commonwealth University. September 9, 2025. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
38. "Democrats Poised to Win All Statewide Virginia Elections in 2025, New SoCal Strategies Poll Finds". Substack . September 1, 2025. Retrieved September 1, 2025.
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45. "Statewide Offices". Virginia Department of Elections. July 9, 2025.

External links

Official campaign websites

• Jay Jones (D) for Attorney General
• Jason Miyares (R) for Attorney General