Virginia Election: Denver Riggleman Believes Jay Jones Should Withdraw from Race

For Denver Riggleman, the calculus is in this year’s Virginia attorney general race is simple: support the candidate who doesn’t wish death on his political opponents, in public or in private.

That’s why, in the wake of the Jay Jones texting scandal, Riggleman, a craft distillery owner, metadata businessman, and former Republican congressman from Virginia who broke with his party following the January 6 riot, is voting for incumbent Attorney General Jason Miyares in this fall’s closely watched off-year elections in Virginia. He believes that Jones — whom he never endorsed — should withdraw from the race.

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Audrey Fahlberg

Audrey Fahlberg was a politics reporter for National Review.

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For Denver Riggleman, the calculus is in this year’s Virginia attorney general race is simple: support the candidate who doesn’t wish death on his political opponents, in public or in private.

That’s why, in the wake of the Jay Jones texting scandal, Riggleman, a craft distillery owner, metadata businessman, and former Republican congressman from Virginia who broke with his party following the January 6 riot, is voting for incumbent Attorney General Jason Miyares in this fall’s closely watched off-year elections in Virginia. He believes that Jones — whom he never endorsed — should withdraw from the race.