Over 350,000 Virginians voted in the 2025 election prior to the news that Democratic Attorney General candidate Jay Jones had endorsed political violence, according to early voting data.
News broke on Oct. 3 that Jones had sent text messages in 2o22 to Republican House Delegate Carrie Coyner saying he would give former Republican Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert “two bullets to the head” and urinate on his grave. The text messages were first reported by National Review.
By that day, 359,379 early votes had already been cast, according to Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP) data.
Comparatively, only 185,119 early votes had been cast early ahead of the 2021 statewide elections.
