(AP Photo/Steve Helber) RIGHT: Jay Jones picture from his campaign websiteOn Thursday morning, rather than the man heโs served beside for four years, Gov.
Ralph Northam endorsed the Democrat looking to halt two-term Attorney General Mark Herringโs reelection campaign, Jay Jones.
Simply put, Ralph Northam is the most consequential governor in the history of this Commonwealth.โAdIf elected, Jones would be Virginiaโs first Black attorney general.
Jonesโ opponent, Mark Herring won the 2017 race for attorney general, beating Republican John Donley Adams by 175,850 votes, with 53.3% of all votes cast.
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring (WSLS)In the election prior, 2013, Herring only defeated his Republican challenger, Mark Dudley Obenshain, by 165 votes.