Inside Jay Jones and the Democrats’ late surge to upset wins across Virginia, from the suburbs to the shore

Virginia took on new life Tuesday as a Democratic stronghold, with Abigail Spanberger, Jay Jones and Ghazala Hashmi sweeping statewide races and marking the party’s largest power shift in more than a decade as Republicans lost at least a dozen legislative seats.The Virginia Beach and Greater Hampton Roads area appeared to be the biggest boon for hometown son Jones, who represented Norfolk in the state legislature and whose namesake father did for years prior.Several Tidewater counties that backed Glenn Youngkin in 2021 flipped blue this time, helping boost Jones and the Democratic ticket.The d