Another Democratic candidate has emerged for next year’s attorney general election in Virginia, as incumbent Republican state Attorney General Jason Miyares has yet to announce if he will run for reelection.

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – Former local delegate Jay Jones has announced he is officially running for Attorney General of Virginia. Jones launched his campaign Tuesday morning, promising to fight for Virginia’s families and to take “extreme politics” out of the Attorney Generals office.

Jay Jones, a Democratic former state delegate from Norfolk, on Tuesday announced his bid for Virginia attorney general at two separate events in Norfolk and Richmond. For Jones, who represented the 89th District in the House of Delegates from 2019 to 2021,

Jones said on Tuesday that the current Attorney General, Jason Miyares, "used his office to advance his own radical ideological agenda, not protect Virginians."