The candidate General of the Attorney General of Virginia, Jay Jones, continues to hold nearly 200 mentions of organizations, elected officials and eminent democrats, several days after the text messages, he resurfaced in 2022 in which he discussed the former republican president of the Todd Gilbert Chamber and referred his children dying. On Monday, October 6, none of its endorships withdrew their alignment or publicly called it to abandon the race.
The benefits broke out at the end of last week after National review published Messages between Jones and Carrie Coyner republican delegate. In the texts, Jones wrote that if he was confronted with a choice between drawing two dictators or Gilbert, he “would choose Gilbert each time”. Coyner confirmed that Jones also referred to the children of Gilbert dying “in the arms of their mother”. Jones apologized later, saying that he was “deeply sorry” and took “my entire responsibility” for his comments.
Since the report, calls for Jones to withdraw from President Donald Trump, Vice-president JD Vance,, Mike Johnson room president,, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin,, And Lieutenant-Governor WinSome Earle-Searswho presents himself for the governor. Earle-Sears released An announcement on Sunday featuring the Democratic support of Jones and urging voters to “reject madness”. Asset approved The outgoing prosecutor Jason Miyares, describing Jones’ statements as “sick and denied”, while Miyares described them as “disqualification”.
His campaign website continuous To present the support of national characters, notably Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), the former governor of Virginie Terry McAuliffe, the former governor of Virginie Ralph S. Northam, the former First Ladies Dorothy McAuliffe and Pamela Northam, the representative Bobby Scott (D-VA), rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA), repr. Elaine representations Luria and Tom Perriello.
It is approved by the following members of the General Assembly of Virginia:
Senators:
- Senator Lashrecse Aird – Petersburg
- Senator Lamont Bagby – Henrico
- Senator Barbara Favola – Arlington
- Senator Mamie Locke – Hampton (President, Democratic Caucus of the Senate)
- Senator Jeremy McPike – Prince William
- Stella Pekarsky Senator – Fairfax
- Russet Senator Perry – Loudoun
- Senator Kannan Srinivasan – Loudoun
- Senator Schuyler Vanvalkenburg – Henrico
- Senator Angelia Williams Graves – Norfolk
Delegates:
- Del. Alex Askew – Virginia Beach
- Del. Bonita Anthony – Norfolk
- Del. Destiny Levere Bolling – Henrico
- Del. David Bulova – Fairfax
- Del. Katrina Calling – Charlottesville
- Del. Nadarius Clark – Suffolk
- Del. Laura Jane Cohen – Fairfax
- Del. Joshua Cole – Stafford
- Del. Rae Cousins- Richmond
- Del. Karrie Delaney – Fairfax
- Del. Michael Feggans – Virginia Beach
- Del. Kelly Conmirs -Fowler – Virginia Beach
- Del. Debra Gardner – Chesterfield
- Del. Cliff Hayes – Chesapeake
- Del. Dan Helmer – Fairfax
- Del. Rozia Henson – Prince William
- Del. Phil Hernandez – Norfolk
- Del. Patrick Hope – Arlington
- Del. Michael Jones – Richmond
- Del. Alfonso Lopez – Arlington
- Del. Candi Mundon King – Prince William
- Del. Paul Krizek – Fairfax
- Del. Michelle Maldonado – Prince William
- Del. Adele McClure – Arlington
- Del. Marcia Price – Newport News
- Del. Sam Rasoul – Roanoke
- Del. Atossa Reaser – Loudoun
- Del. David Reid – Loudoun
- Del. Holly Seibold – Fairfax
- Del. BRIANA SEWELL – Prince William
- Del. Irene Shin – Fairfax
- Del. Marcus Simon – Fairfax
- Del. Shelly Simonds – Newport News
- Del. JJ Singh – Loudoun
- Del. Josh Thomas – Prince William
- Del. Luke Torian – Prince William
Former members of the General Assembly of Virginia
- Old del. Ward Armstrong – Martinsville
- Old del. Dick Cranwell – Vinton
- Old del. Jeff Bourne – Richmond
- Old del. Sally Hudson – Charlottesville
- Old del. Chris Hurst – Blacksburg
- Old del. Mike Mullin – Newport News
- Old del. Kathleen Murphy – Fairfax
- Daun Hester – Former Vice -Mayor and Delegate, Norfolk
- Martha Mugler – Municipal Council and former delegate, Hampton
- Old del. David Toscano – Charlottesville
- Roslyn Tyler – School board and former delegate, Sussex
Local elected officials
- Andreas Addison – Former municipal council, Richmond
- Walter Alcorn – Supervisors advice, Fairfax
- Kenny Alexander – Mayor, Norfolk
- Sandy Anderson – School Board, Fairfax
- Victor Angry – Board of supervisors, Prince William
- Andrea Bailey – Board of supervisors, Prince William
- Dana Barakat – District for conservation of soil and northern water from Virginia, Fairfax
- Joe Baron – Sheriff, Norfolk
- Mary Benjamin – Board School, Dinwiddie
- Jimmy Bierman – Supervisors advice, Fairfax
- Mary Biggs – President, Supervisors Council, Montgomery
- Kenny Boddy – Supervisor advice, Prince William
- John Chapman – Municipal Council, Alexandria
- Carlos Clanton – Municipal Council, Norfolk
- Maureen Coffey РBoard de Comt̩, Arlington
- Susan Cunningham РBoard de Comt̩, Arlington
- Matt de Ferranti – Vice -president of the county of County, Arlington
- Parisa Dehghani -Tafti – Commonwealth lawyer, Arlington and Falls Church
- Steve Descano – Commonwealth lawyer, Fairfax
- Todd Miscellaneous – Revenue Commissioner, Charlottesville
- Courtney Doyle – Municipal Council, Norfolk
- Frankie Edmondson – Income Commissioner, Portsmouth
- Robert Elliott Jr. – President, Council of Supervisors, Surry
- Ramin Fatehi – Commonwealth lawyer, Norfolk
- Paul Fraim – Former mayor, Norfolk
- Margaret Franklin – Supervisors Council, Prince William
- Karl Frisch – President, School Board, Fairfax
- James Gray – Mayor, Hampton
- Letty Hardi – Mayor, Falls Church
- Rachna Sizemore Heizer – School Board, Fairfax
- James Hingeley – Commonwealth lawyer, Albemarle
- Dehundra Jefferson – President, Council of Supervisors, Prince William
- Andres Jimenez – Supervisor advice, Fairfax
- Mamie Johnson – Municipal Council, Norfolk
- Takis Karantonis – President of the county of County, Arlington
- Phil Kellam – Income Commissioner, Virginia Beach
- Derek Kitts – Supervisors Advice, Montgomery
- Ann Frances Lambert – Former municipal council, Richmond
- Sherman Lea – Former mayor, Roanoke
- Sonia Vasquez Luna – Municipal Council, Manassas
- Stephanie Lynch – Municipal Council, Richmond
- Jeremy McGee – Municipal Council, Norfolk
- Melanie Meren – School Board, Fairfax
- Jordan Miles – Supervisor advice, Buckingham
- Gabe Morgan – Sheriff, Newport News
- Ross Mugler – Hampton income commissioner
- Paul Mullin – Treasurer, Petersburg
- Neal Osborne – Municipal Council, former mayor, Bristol
- JP Paige – Municipal Council, Norfolk
- Amanda Pohl – Case clerk, Chesterfield
- Mike Pruitt – Supervisors Advice, Albemarle
- Jose Quiroz – Sheriff, Arlington
- Phyllis Randall – President, Supervisors Council, Loudoun
- Deanna Reed – Mayor, Harrisonburg
- Randy Riffle – Board School, Williamsburg
- Danica Royster – Former Municipal Council, Norfolk
- Healthy Koran – Supervisors Advice, Loudoun
- Jessica Schneider – Supervisors advice, Chesterfield
- Blythe Scott – Income Commissioner, Norfolk
- Annette Smith -Lee – Municipal Council, Petersburg
- Julius D. “JD” Spain Sr. – School board, Arlington
- Zuraya Tapia -Hadley – School Board, Arlington
- Martin Thomas Jr. – Vice -mayor, Norfolk
- Ella Ward – Municipal Council, Chesapeake
- Trish White -Boyd – Former Municipal Council, Roanoke
- Misty Whitehead – Hanrico supervisor advice, Henrico
- Liam Watson – Municipal Council, Blacksburg
The main unions and advocacy organizations have also maintained their endorsements.
Unions
- AFL-CIO
- AFSCME
- American Federation of Government employees – Rise
- Virginie de Seiu Council of State
- Unite here!
- UA Local 10 (Richmond & Roanoke)
- UA Local 5 (Washington, DC, Region)
- Liuna! (North American International Union of Workers)
- Union Teamsters
- Professional Firers of Virginia
- Virginia Professional Fire Fighters (VPFF)
- Metal Trades Department, AFL-CIO
- UA Steamfitters Local 602
- Local plumberers & steamfitters 110
- United Association of Plumbers and Pipetters
- Sprinkler Fitters Local 669
- International Association of Local Firemen 2068
- Virginia Machinists Advice
- Virginia Association of Letters Transporters
Advocacy and organizations based on problems
- Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia
- Giffords Pac
- Brady Pac
- End Citizens United
- Liberty Virginia
- Sierra Club Virginia Chapter
- New majority of Virginia
- Freedom of reproduction for all
- Reprising virginia pac
- Roe Your Voting Virginia
- The mothers ask for the candidate for the sense of the 2025 action pistol
- Virginians for change – Action against armed violence
- Committee to protect health care
- Care
- Black men vote Pac
- Clean Virginia
- The collective PAC
- Virginie LGBT + Democrats
- Virginia professional firefighters (also work)
- AAUP (American Association of University Professors)
- Chapter of the national organization for women – Virginia
- Jewish Dems
- People for the American Way
- Prevent PAC pistol tragedies
- Vea votes 2025 (Virginia Education Association Political Arm)
The Virginia Beach Democratic Committee reaffirmed His “full support” for Jones in a press release on October 4, 2025, describing recent coverage as “past errors” and claiming that Jones had “taken responsibility, apologized and showed that he is committed to serving with integrity and responsibility”. The Committee contrasts Jones with the Attorney General Jason Miyares, accusing him of not defending the concerns or values ​​of the families of Virginia, defending the rights of reproduction of women and workers, or protecting Virginians in danger of losing access to health care.
Representative Eugene Vindman (D-VA) promoted Jones in an article on October 5 on X, encouraging Virginians to vote for “Democrats from top to bottom of the ballot”. Melody Cartwright delegate (D-48) poster“I stand with @jonesjay. Period. End of the declaration.”
Remakened comments have even more intensified Virginia’s political climate, already accused by the murder of the founder of Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk, last month and debate on political violence. Governor Youngkin said that Democrats “act as if (Jones’ comments) are nothing” and reiterate his call to Jones to “resign, resign and get out of the race”.
Jones has denied Coyner’s claims that he said that “more police should die” during a political debate in 2020, calling for false allegation and claiming that he never believed and does not believe that damages should come to the police. “
Monday evening, no democratic or individual organization listed among Jones’ endorships has canceled their support or issued public criticism. The election of the Virginia General Prosecutor will take place in less than a month.
