Virginia Dem primary: Deeds wins Governor, Wagner for Lt. Gov.
As was widely predicted, Creigh Deeds has won the Democrat primary and is the Dem candidate for Governor in the general election. Jody Wagner has won the Lt. Governor spot.
According to the State Board of Elections (SBE) site Deeds has won over Terry McAuliffe and Brian Moran by a margin of 49.73% to 26.41% and 23.84%, respectively. That represents a greater margin of victory than any I had seen guessed at in the last few days, even as it became obvious Deeds was coming on strong. Wagner turned in a crushing victory taking 74.21% of the vote with her opponent, Michael Signer, taking 21.30%. (Interesting statistic: the 3rd Lt. Gov. candidate, Jon Bowerback, took 4.48% of the vote even though he withdrew from the race back on May 18th. He was still on the ballot since there wasn’t time to remove him so there may have been people who honestly didn’t know he wasn’t running.
So, that’s decided. The matchup here in Virginia is:
- Governor: Bob McDonnell (R) vs. Creigh Deeds (D)
- Lt. Governor: Bill Bolling (R) vs. Jody Wagner (D)
- Attorney General: Ken Cuccinelli (R) vs. Steve Shannon (D)
Time to get down to business.
