Candidates for Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Jason Miyares and Jay Jones, shared their visions, discussed key issues, and answered questions important to voters. Read more about the debate.

You are invited to attend the 2025 Attorney General Debate, where candidates for Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Virginia will share their vision, discuss key issues, and answer questions important to voters.

16 October 2025 - Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares (R) and Democratic challenger Jay Jones (D) met in a debate hosted by the University of Richmond. They discussed various topics impacting Virginians, such as violent crime, improving health care, collaborating ...

UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND — The University of Richmond, in partnership with the Virginia State Bar Association, hosted the 2025 Virginia Attorney General Debate on Oct.

18 October 2025 - In their only debate of the election cycle, Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares and Democratic challenger Jay Jones laid out their plans should they be elected Virginia’s top prosecutor Thursday night at the University of Richmond.

14 October 2025 - Candidates for attorney general will meet at the University of Richmond Thursday night for a debate.

The University of Richmond, in partnership with the Virginia State Bar Young Lawyers Section, will host the 2025 Virginia Attorney General Debate on Thursday, Oct. 16. Candidates Jason Miyares and Jay Jones will present their platforms, address ...

17 October 2025 - Virginia Attorney General debate: Jason Miyares and Jay Jones clash over text scandal, Trump links, and crime issues. Tight race ahead.

24 October 2025 - Jay Jones (D–Norfolk) said the race was about President Donald Trump — while incumbent Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares said the race was about Jones. Thursday's event, sponsored by the Virginia Bar Association and moderated by ...

17 October 2025 - RICHMOND, Virginia — Jay Jones, the Democratic Virginia attorney general hopeful whose violence-themed text messages triggered a nationwide GOP backlash, said during a Thursday debate that his messages should not disqualify him from being ...

17 October 2025 - RICHMOND — A texting scandal and President Donald Trump’s policies dominated Thursday night’s debate between Republican Jason S. Miyares and Democrat Jay Jones in Virginia’s attorney general race.

17 October 2025 - Republican Jason Miyares and Democrat Jay Jones faced off in a contentious debate for Virginia attorney general Thursday that focused in large part on the recently surfaced violent texts that Jones sent three years ago.

17 October 2025 - Virginia Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares and Democratic challenger Jay Jones squared off in their first and only debate Thursday over a set of violent and incendiary text messages sent by Jones — an issue that has overtaken the race ...

Miyares and Jones spar at University of Richmond debate, discussing Trump, crime, and the future of Virginia's Attorney General role.

16 October 2025 - The two candidates for Virginia attorney general, Republican incumbent Jason Miyares and his Democratic challenger Jay Jones, squared off Thursday night in their first and only debate before Election Day on Nov.

17 October 2025 - ARLINGTON, Va. (7News) — Virginia's Incumbent Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares and Democratic Candidate Jay Jones touched on a range of topics in Thursday night's roughly hour-long debate.

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