Jason Miyares
Jason Miyares | |
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Miyares in 2025 | |
| 48th Attorney General of Virginia | |
| In office January 15, 2022 – January 17, 2026 | |
| Governor | Glenn Youngkin |
| Preceded by | Mark Herring |
| Succeeded by | Jay Jones |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 82nd district | |
| In office January 13, 2016 – January 12, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Bill DeSteph |
| Succeeded by | Anne Ferrell Tata |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jason Stuart Miyares February 11, 1976 |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse | Page Atkinson |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | James Madison University (BBA) College of William and Mary (JD) |
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Jason Miyares (born February 11, 1976) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 48th attorney general of Virginia from 2022 to 2026. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for the 82nd district from 2016 to 2022.
Miyares was elected to be Virginia's attorney general in 2021, defeating Democratic incumbent Mark Herring. The son of a Cuban immigrant, he was the first Hispanic American elected statewide in Virginia as well as the first to serve as attorney general in the Commonwealth. He lost reelection to Democrat Jay Jones in 2025.