Virginia Del. Jason Miyares wins Republican nomination for state attorney general Laura Vozzella, Justin Jouvenal RICHMOND A state legislator and son of a Cuban immigrant running on a tough-on-crime platform won the Republican nomination for Virginia attorney general Sunday, in the first results of the statewide convention that will also decide the nominee for governor. Virginia Del. Jason S. Miyares (R-Virginia Beach) bested three other candidates in the “unassembled” convention, in which about 30,000 Republicans cast ranked-choice ballots at 39 locations across the state on Saturday. In November, he will face the winner of the Democrats’ June 8 primary. Attorney General Mark Herring (D), seeking a third term, faces a challenge for the nomination from Del. Jay Jerrauld C. “Jay” Jones (D-Norfolk).