Jay Jones, Virginia Democratic attorney general candidate, denies saying police officers should die to change policy, amid controversy over violent 2022 text messages about then-House Speaker Todd Gilbert.

Winsome Earle-Sears releases ad attacking gubernatorial opponent Abigail Spanberger over declining to call for Jay Jones to drop out.

Jones has been under fire since his disturbing Aug. 8, 2022, text messages to Republican delegate Carrie Coyner were leaked to National Review. In the messages, Jones likened then-Republican state House Speaker Todd Gilbert to mass-murdering dictators Adolf Hitler and Pol Pot.

Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine defends Jay Jones despite calling his texts about murdering Todd Gilbert "indefensible" in the attorney general race against Jason Miyares.

What began as a quiet October Friday in Virginia politics erupted into a full-blown national scandal when screenshots of private, three-year old text messages showing Democratic attorney general nominee Jay Jones fantasizing about shooting then-House Speaker Todd Gilbert and his children were made public.

Jerrauld “Jay” Jones, Democratic candidate for Virginia attorney general, apologized for texts that describe a hypothetical shooting of a former state House speaker.

Jay Jones faces criticism after texts about killing Republicans surface, but receives continued support from Virginia Rep. Yevgeny 'Eugene' Vindman and other Democrats.