Attorney General Jason Miyares, the Republican incumbent, outraised his Democratic opponent Jay Jones 4-to-1 in the first three weeks of October following the news about Jones’ violent 2022 text messages.
Miyares raised $8.6 million in the 22 days, while Jones raised $1.9 million, according to the Virginia Public Access Project.
In the gubernatorial race, Democrat Abigail Spanberger has continued to outraise her Republican opponent, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears.
Spanberger raised $11.7 million in the 22-day span, to Earle-Sears’ $9.5 million.
In the lieutenant governor race, state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, D-Chesterfield, the Democratic nominee, raised $1.9 million in the reporting period, compared with Republican John Reid’s $454,094.
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