The 2021 Virginia Attorney General election was held on November 2, 2021, to elect the next attorney general of Virginia. Democratic Attorney General Mark Herring attempted to win a third term. Herring initially planned to run for governor, but decided to run for re-election. Herring faced Republican nominee Jason Miyares in the general election. Herring conceded defeat at 5:02 PM EST the following day, November 3. Miyares became the first Cuban-American and Hispanic to be elected to statewide office in Virginia. Miyares was later sworn in on January 15, 2022.
Mark Herring and Jay Jones agreed to one debate. The debate started off with Mark Herring 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 Governor at the time, Ralph Northam, and claiming Herring's past didn't matter for what was happening in the present.
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. When Jones rebutted Herring, Jones claimed that Herring didn't begin on the issue until it was in the political atmosphere.
Mark Herring and Jason Miyares agreed to one town hall-style debate.
Hopewell and Surry County voted for Herring and Republican Glenn Youngkin for governor.
Independent cities have been italicized.
Counties and independent cities that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Miyares won six of 11 congressional districts, including two that were represented by Democrats.
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