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Jason Miyares
Del. Jason Miyares is the 2021 Republican nominee for Virginia attorney general. A Virginia Beach resident, he became the first Cuban-American elected to the General Assembly in 2015. He is a lawyer and former prosecutor. Miyares grew up in Virginia Beach. He's a graduate of James Madison University and the College of William & Mary School of Law.