Virginia Democrats are publicly standing by commonwealth attorney general candidate Jay Jones — despite his texts fantasizing about murdering the Republican former state House speaker and forcing his wife to watch her children die — but some in the party are quietly worrying that the refusal to dump him will hurt them in November.

Top Virginia Democrats have sharply criticized attorney general nominee Jay Jones for suggesting that a colleague be shot in newly revealed text messages but are stopping short of calling on him to leave the race.

Virginia lieutenant governor candidate and state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi (D) rolled out her first ad of the general election Monday, highlighting her experienced as a mother and educator. The ad, titled “Educator,

Indian American Virginia state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi and Democratic Party’s candidate for lieutenant governor rolled out her first ad of the general election Monday, vowing to keep fighting for Virginia workers.

Republicans have seized on recently unearthed violent rhetoric from Virginia’s Democratic candidate for attorney general in a bid to re-shape the state’s governor’s race — and tarnish the Democratic Party nationally.

Republican Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares said on Monday that Democratic attorney general nominee Jay Jones issued a “fake” apology

CNU's Wason Center released its latest poll on Virginia’s statewide races on Monday, showing that Democrats are still holding a comfortable lead against Republicans, but with narrowing margins.

Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.* With four weeks remaining before Election Day in Virginia, the latest Washington Post-Schar School poll found the Democratic candidate,