Virginia Attorney General election, 2025 (June 17 Democratic primary)
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| Primary: June 17, 2025 General: November 4, 2025 |
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A Democratic Party primary took place on June 17, 2025, in Virginia to determine which candidate would earn the right to run as the party's nominee in the state's attorney general election on November 4, 2025.
Jay Jones advanced from the Democratic primary for Attorney General of Virginia.
This page focuses on Virginia's Democratic Party Attorney General primary. For more in-depth information on Virginia's Republican Attorney General primary and the general election, see the following pages:
- Virginia Attorney General election, 2025 (June 17 Republican primary)
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Candidates and election results
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Attorney General of Virginia
Jay Jones defeated Shannon Taylor in the Democratic primary for Attorney General of Virginia on June 17, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jay Jones | 51.1 | 252,976 |
 | Shannon Taylor  | 48.9 | 241,969 | |
| Total votes: 494,945 | |||
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Candidate profiles
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Party: Democratic Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office:
Virginia House of Delegates, District 89 (2018-2021)
Biography: Jones received a bachelor’s degree from the College of William & Mary in 2010 and a J.D. from the University of Virginia in 2015. He served as an assistant attorney general in the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia from 2022 to 2023. At the time of the election, Jones was a senior associate at law firm Hogan Lovells.
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This information was current as of the candidate's run for Attorney General of Virginia in 2025.
Party: Democratic Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "Shannon Taylor is a native Virginian, and has always taken on tough fights to help the people of Virginia. Taylor became the first Democrat elected Commonwealth’s Attorney for Henrico County in over 20 years, winning re-election three times with bipartisan support. Taylor knows how to beat powerful interests that get in the way of progress: she’s taken on the gun lobby to reduce illegal guns on our streets, held fraudsters accountable for exploiting seniors and driving up costs, and was one of the first prosecutors in the nation to push back against criminalizing women and doctors for accessing abortions after Roe was overturned, sparking a national movement for other prosecutors to do the same. Virginia needs an Attorney General with prosecutorial experience, a proven record of winning tough fights, and the track record to stand up to Trump and Elon Musk to protect our rights. As Attorney General, Taylor will be a steadfast last line of defense for protecting Virginia’s families, communities, and pocketbooks."
This information was current as of the candidate's run for Attorney General of Virginia in 2025.
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Virginia
Campaign finance
The section and tables below contain data from financial reports submitted to state agencies. The data is gathered and made available by Transparency USA.
State profile
| Demographic data for Virginia | ||
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| Virginia | U.S. | |
| Total population: | 8,367,587 | 316,515,021 |
| Land area (sq mi): | 39,490 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White: | 69% | 73.6% |
| Black/African American: | 19.2% | 12.6% |
| Asian: | 6% | 5.1% |
| Native American: | 0.3% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander: | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Two or more: | 3.2% | 3% |
| Hispanic/Latino: | 8.6% | 17.1% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate: | 88.3% | 86.7% |
| College graduation rate: | 36.3% | 29.8% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income: | $65,015 | $53,889 |
| Persons below poverty level: | 13% | 11.3% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Virginia. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
Presidential voting pattern
- See also: Presidential voting trends in Virginia
Virginia voted for the Democratic candidate in five out of the seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.
Pivot Counties (2016)
Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, five are located in Virginia, accounting for 2.43 percent of the total pivot counties.[1]
Pivot Counties (2020)
In 2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as Retained Pivot Counties and those won by Joe Biden (D) as Boomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. Virginia had five Retained Pivot Counties, 2.76 percent of all Retained Pivot Counties.
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Footnotes
- ↑ The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
