Senator Barbara Favola, Chairwoman Phyllis Randall, and Local Northern Virginia Leaders Join Virginians for Jay Jones

For Immediate Release

May 20, 2024

Senator Barbara Favola, Chairwoman Phyllis Randall, and Local Northern Virginia Leaders Join Virginians for Jay Jones

A growing group of Virginia leaders urge Jay Jones to seek the Democratic nomination for Attorney General in 2025

Norfolk, VA — Today, Senator Barbara Favola, Chairwoman Phyllis Randall, and three additional Northern Virginia leaders joined a growing number of Virginians for JayJones as supporters to encourage Jay Jones to seek the Democratic nomination for Attorney General in 2025.

“I am proud to join the growing list of more than 70 current and former elected leaders from across the Commonwealth urging Jay Jones to run for Attorney General,” said Senator Barbara Favola. “Jay is not only the best candidate to defeat Republican extremism at the polls next November, but he is also the best leader to protect Virginians‘ freedoms, safety, and well-being as our Attorney General. I know we can count on Jay Jones to defend our reproductive rights, keep Virginians safe from gun violence, and improve the well-being of all Virginia children. I wholeheartedly endorse him to be our next Attorney General.”

“Raised in a family of educators and civil rights pioneers, Jay Jones has always understood the importance of everyone having an equal chance to achieve their highest potential,” said Chairwoman Phyllis Randall. “A Virginia native, Jay will continually strive to ensure all Virginians have access to a justice system that protects their rights and respects their choices. I offer my enthusiastic support of Jayand look forward to his leadership to move Virginia’s Attorney General’s Office forward.”

These elected officials join Virginians for Jay Jones co-chairs former Governor Ralph Northam, former First Lady Pam Northam, Senator Lashrecse Aird, Senator Schuyler VanValkenburg, Delegate Alex Askew, Delegate Paul Krizek, former Delegate Jeff Bourne, and Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano alongside 46 other current and former members of the General Assembly and local officials in this effort, including 25 previously announced supporters from Northern Virginia.

Virginians for Jay Jones supporters announced today:

Senator Barbara Favola (Arlington)
Phyllis Randall, Chair, Board of Supervisors (Loudoun)
Walter Alcorn, Board of Supervisors (Fairfax)
Kenny Boddye, Board of Supervisors (Prince William)
Sonia Vazquez Luna, City Council (Manassas)

Previously announced supporters:

Governor Ralph S. Northam
Former First Lady Pamela Northam

General Assembly Members

Senator Lashrecse Aird (Petersburg)
Senator Lamont Bagby, Chairman, Virginia Legislative Black Caucus (Henrico)
Senator Mamie Locke, Chair, Senate Democratic Caucus (Hampton)
Senator Jeremy McPike (Prince William)
Senator Stella Pekarsky (Fairfax)
Senator Russet Perry (Loudoun)
Senator Suhas Subramanyam (Loudoun)
Senator Schuyler VanValkenburg (Henrico)
Senator Angelia Williams Graves (Norfolk)
Delegate Alex Askew (Virginia Beach)
Delegate Bonita Anthony (Norfolk)
Delegate Destiny LeVere Bolling (Henrico)
Delegate Nadarius Clark (Suffolk)
Delegate Laura Jane Cohen (Fairfax)
Delegate Joshua Cole (Stafford)
Delegate Rae Cousins (Richmond)
Delegate Karrie Delaney (Fairfax)
Delegate Michael Feggans (Virginia Beach)
Delegate Kelly Convirs-Fowler (Virginia Beach)
Delegate Cliff Hayes (Chesapeake)
Delegate Phil Hernandez (Norfolk)
Delegate Patrick Hope (Arlington)
Delegate Michael Jones (Richmond)
Delegate Candi Mundon King (Prince William)
Delegate Paul Krizek (Fairfax)
Delegate Adele McClure (Arlington)
Delegate Marcia Price (Newport News)
Delegate Atoosa Reaser (Loudoun)
Delegate David Reid (Loudoun)
Delegate Holly Seibold (Fairfax)
Delegate Irene Shin (Fairfax)
Delegate Marcus Simon (Fairfax)
Delegate Shelly Simonds (Newport News)
Delegate Kannan Srinivasan (Loudoun)
Delegate Josh Thomas (Prince William)

Former General Assembly Members

Former Delegate Ward Armstrong, Former House Democratic Minority Leader (Martinsville)
Former Delegate Dick Cranwell, Former House Democratic Majority and Minority Leader (Vinton)
Former Delegate Jeff Bourne (Richmond)
Former Delegate Chris Hurst (Blacksburg)
Former Delegate Mike Mullin (Newport News)
Former Delegate Kathleen Murphy (Fairfax)
Daun Hester, Treasurer, Former Vice Mayor, and Former Delegate (Norfolk)

Local Elected Officials

Andrea Bailey, Board of Supervisors (Prince William)
John Chapman, City Council (Alexandria)
Parisa Dehghani-Tafti, Commonwealth’s Attorney (Arlington and City of Falls Church)
Steve Descano, Commonwealth’s Attorney (Fairfax)
Karl Frisch, Chair, School Board (Fairfax)
Koran Saines, Board of Supervisors (Loudoun)

About Jay Jones

Jay Jones is an attorney at Hogan Lovells, a global law firm, where he focuses his practice on state Attorneys General work as well as regulatory and policy matters, including environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) issues. He is an accomplished litigator with extensive trial experience in state court. He served in the House of Delegates from 2018-2021 where he fought to expand Medicaid, increase the minimum wage, and raise teacher pay. Jay also championed legislation known as the “Ashanti Alert,” a bill to establish a missing persons alert for adults in the Commonwealth, which was used as the model for a bill that eventually became federal law.

After serving in the House, Jay served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, where he was a member of the Office of Consumer Protection. Jones lives in Norfolk with his wife Mavis and son, Charles.