NATIONAL BRIEFING / VIRGINIA
State Sen. R. Creigh Deeds won the Democratic primary for governor, defeating a better-financed Clinton White House insider and a third candidate.
Deeds took nearly 50% of the vote to 26% for Terry McAuliffe and nearly 24% for Brian Moran, unofficial totals showed. The victory sets up a Deeds rematch this fall with Republican Bob McDonnell, who beat him in the state’s 2005 attorney general election by 323 votes.
McAuliffe’s political connections from his days as chief fundraiser for Bill Clinton and chairman of the Democratic National Committee helped him dominate media coverage and amass nearly twice as much in contributions as Deeds’ $3.7 million.
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