Democrat Jay Jones holds a solid lead over Republican incumbent Jason Miyares in Virginia’s attorney general race, according to new polling, even as controversy brews over a series of leaked text messages. Online betting platform Polymarket shows that Jones has a 54 percent chance of winning the race to his opponent's 45 percent. The controversy around the texts sent in 2022 has rocked Virginia’s off-year elections that take place next month. As well as handing the Republicans ammunition, the