New York Mayor Mamdani?  Not a total surprise given his great smile, youthful vigor, promises of free stuff, and lousy competition.    

Virginia Governor Spanberger?  Okay.  Former CIA officer, three-term Congresswoman, largely Democratic electorate.  

New Jersey Governor Sherill?  Former Navy officer and chopper pilot, member of Congress.  Like Spanberger, she plays a moderate on TV.

But Attorney General Jay Jones?  Nearly two million Virginians voted for a man who wished violent death on a Republican politician and his young children.  As a reminder, the ever-so-lovely Mr. Jones hoped that his rival’s wife could watch her child die in her arms.  That texting scandal overshadowed his prior conviction for driving 116 miles an hour.  And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the next chief law enforcement person in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

It’s not that Jones had no competition.  He ran against Republican incumbent Jason Miyares, son of a Cuban immigrant and someone whose competence was not in question.  How could a man with murderous fantasies, who was urged to drop out just a few weeks ago, earn a decisive victory?   Of course, Jones checked all the left-wing boxes dealing with ‘climate change,’ LGBTQ issues, etc.  He spewed the mandatory loathing of President Trump, and, fairly or not, the government shutdown played a role in areas with many federal workers.  Perhaps the biggest factor for many single-issue voters was abortion.  Jay Jones, who wrote about killing little children, is also very much in favor of ending pregnancies.  His Republican opponent, on the other hand, is opposed to most abortions and was denounced as an enemy of ‘reproductive freedom.’

Whatever the reasons, more than half of Virginians voted for Jay Jones.  This is the commonwealth called the ‘Mother of Presidents’ because eight of its native sons made it to the White House.  It’s also home to magnificent patriots who wrote the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights.  Jefferson and Madison are both resting in peace in the commonwealth, hopefully unaware of what just took place.

Attorney General-elect Jones vows to ‘protect children’ and reduce gun violence, which is rich coming from a man who expressed such lurid and bloody fantasies.  His victory brings to mind a quote attributed to Virginia’s most illustrious resident:  ‘The government you elect,’ Thomas Jefferson famously wrote, ‘is the government you deserve.’