Jay Jones, Virginia attorney general and Democrat
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Trump, Virginia and New Jersey
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The Fairfax County GOP chair said she thinks the texting scandal involving Democratic attorney general candidate Jay Jones energized Republican voters.
More than 1.4 million Virginians voted early ahead of the governor’s race, setting a record and showing strong voter enthusiasm.
Former Representative Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, defeated Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears, a Republican, in Virginia’s gubernatorial race, bringing the governorship back into Democratic control. Both CNN and NBC called the race just before 8 p.m. ET.
Virginia early voting continues to hold the same trend of favoring GOP-leaning areas. This bodes well for the slate of conservative candidates.
Democrats completed a clean statewide sweep in Virginia on Tuesday night, as former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger defeated Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears for governor, Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, D-Richmond, topped conservative talk-show host John Reid in the lieutenant governor’s race,