The 2021 Virginia attorney general election was held on November 2, 2021, to elect the next

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. Democratic Attorney General

Mark Herring Mark Rankin Herring (born September 25, 1961) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 47th Attorney General of Virginia from 2014 to 2022. A Democrat, he previously served in the Senate of Virginia since a 2006 special election, ...

attempted to win a third term. Herring initially planned to run for

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, but decided to run for re-election. Herring faced Republican nominee

Jason Miyares Jason Stuart Miyares (born February 11, 1976) is an American attorney and politician serving as the 48th Attorney General of Virginia since January 15, 2022. A Republican, he was elected a member of the Virginia House of Delegates on November 3, ...

in the general election. Herring conceded defeat at 5:02 PM EST the following day, November 3. Miyares became the first

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and

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to be elected to statewide office in Virginia. Miyares was later sworn in on January 15, 2022.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

, incumbent attorney general

Eliminated in primary

* Jay Jones, state delegate for

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Declined

* Shannon Taylor,

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commonwealth's attorney

Endorsements

Debates

Mark Herring and Jay Jones agreed to one

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. The debate started off with Mark Herring started off talking about his record and saying what he has done about certain cases vs what Jones was doing at the time. Jay Jones started off talking about his endorsement from

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at the time,

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, and claiming Herring's past didn't matter for what was happening in the present. Issues Herring and Jones agreed on almost every issue asked to them. When the rebuttals came though, Herring would often claim that Jones didn’t support something when he was on the legislature and Jones would point to an example where they agreed on it in the past, such as a big. When Jones rebutted Herring, Jones claimed that Herring didn’t begin on the issue until it was in the political atmosphere. Here are a couple examples below.

Polling

Results

Republican convention

Candidates

Nominated at convention

, state delegate for

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Defeated at convention

*Leslie Haley, Chesterfield County supervisor * Chuck Smith, attorney, nominee for

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in 2010, and candidate for Attorney General in

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* Jack White, preacher and attorney

Declined

* Bill Stanley, state senator for

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Results

General election

Endorsements

General election Debates

Mark Herring and Jason Miyares agreed to one debate. It was a town hall like event where people could ask questions about important issues.

Polling

;Graphical summary

Results

Notes

;Partisan clients

References

External links

;Official campaign websites
Mark Herring (D) for Attorney General

Jason Miyares (R) for Attorney General
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Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Debates

Polling

Results

Republican convention

Candidates

Nominated at convention

Defeated at convention

Declined

Results

General election

Endorsements

General election Debates

Polling

Results

See also

Notes

References

External links