Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring has decided he wants to keep his job, rather than making a bid to become Virginia’s 74th governor.

The two-term Democrat announced Wednesday he is dropping out of the 2021 race for the state’stop elected job and would campaign for four more years as the state’s counsel.

Norfolk Delegate Jay Jones, 31, a member of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus and Mr. Herring’s top rival for the Democratic nomination for attorney general, remains undaunted. Delegate Jones stated he would wage a strong campaign to show voters that he represents the “fresh voice and ideas” the Commonwealth needs and that “reflect who we are, what we value and where we’re going.”