Jay Jones made the remark about then-speaker of the House of Delegates Todd Gilbert in resurfaced text messages from 2022. Jones apologized Friday.

In the poll, Earle-Sears received 42 percent of the vote compared to Spanberger's 52 percent. In a January survey by the pollster, the lieutenant governor garnered 41 percent and the former congresswoman won 42 percent, a noticeable swing in favor of Democrats.

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Virginia lawmakers are reacting following new accusations against the Democratic candidate for attorney general, Jay Jones. On Friday, a politically right-leaning publication, The National Review, published an article alleging Jones sent messages in 2022 in which he fantasized about shooting then-Virginia speaker of the house,