Jay Jones takes shocking lead in Virginia AG race despite violent texts — Abigail Spanberger still frontrunner for gov: poll

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Embattled Democratic Virginia Attorney General hopeful Jay Jones — who was caught sending text messages fantasizing about murdering a political rival — holds a narrow lead over the Republican incumbent, according to a shocking new poll released on election eve. Jones, who was welcomed at a Saturday Barack Obama rally for Virginia Democrats , has a two-percentage point lead (49%-47%) over commonwealth AG Jason Miyares, according to a survey of likely voters by Insider Advantage, a Georgia-based