RICHMOND, Va. – EXCLUSIVE: Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares said ahead of Thursday’s debate that Democratic challenger Jay Jones’ text messages fantasizing about the murder of former Republican ...

Democrat Jay Jones has won the election for Virginia attorney general, NBC News projects, overcoming a text message scandal that threatened to derail his candidacy in the final stretch of the race.

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 ...