Jay Jones (politician)
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Jerrauld Charles Corey "Jay" Jones (born March 14, 1989) is an American politician and attorney who is the attorney general-elect of Virginia. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for the 89th district from 2018 to 2022. Jones was born in Norfolk son to Jerrauld Jones judge of Norfolk's circuit court and attended Norfolk Collegiate School. While in law school, Jones interned in the office of state delegate Algie Howell. He previously worked in risk management for various companies. Jones ran for the seat in 2021, losing the Democratic primary to incumbent Mark Herring, despite receiving an endorsement from governor Ralph Northam. Jones announced his candidacy for the Democratic primary on November 12. He campaigned against the 2025 United States federal mass layoffs, and against cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. He defeated Shannon Taylor in the primary. For the 2025 election Jones attempted to make the election into a referendum on Donald Trump and the conservative policies of his predecessor Jason Miyares. During his campaign for attorney general, Jones received widespread condemnation after text messages from 2022 surfaced in which he vented by joking about violence against the then-state house speaker Todd Gilbert and wishing death upon his children, while deriding a moderate Democrat who had received eulogies from Republicans. Despite the controversy, Jones won the 2025 Virginia Attorney General election in a blue wave by a six percentage point margin. Jones will be the first African American to serve as the Attorney General of Virginia.