New Poll: Deeds 47%, McDonnell 41%

A new poll released by the Republican-leaning pollster Rassmussen Reports gives Creigh Deeds a six point lead over his Republican opponent Bob McDonnell. 47% of the electorate would cast their vote for Deeds, while only 41% of voters would vote for McDonnell. In the survey, Democrats are now more unified over Republicans. 89% of Democrats now support Deeds. Only 78% of Republicans are behind their nomminee. The survey asked several questions on who voters thought would better handle certain issues. Voters trusted McDonnell on taxes and controlling spending, but voters trusted Deeds to fix the longstanding transportation problems. The survey also showed that Governor Kaine still has very high approval numbers. 62% of voters approve of the governor's job performance, while 52% of Virginians aproove of President Obama's performance.


Virginia Survey of 500 Likely Voters
June 10, 2009

Robert McDonnell (R)
41%
Creigh Deeds (D)
47%
Some Other Candidate
2%

Source: http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_2009/virginia/election_2009_virginia_governor_election

Virginia Democrat Lovefest

After a bitter and nasty primary campaign, with divisive exchanges about guns and out-of-state campaign cash, this year's cast of gubernatorial hopefuls, Brian Moran and Terry McAuliffe, appeared at a rally at the Virginia Democratic Party Headquarters in Richmond. Governor Kaine also appeared to support Creigh Deeds. After saying that Creigh Deeds "can't win" i n November, he says he "will do anything that Creigh asks him to do" to ensure that Creigh wins the race in the fall. The president also called Mr.Deeds today to congratulate him on his landslide victory in the primary. With our state's governor's new role as DNC Chairman and the fact that Virginia is one of two states to have a governor's race this year, a whole lot of Democratic cash is going to be pumped into this race to retain this seat for the Democratic Party. With Virginia's open seat and New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine's vulnerability, the Democrats are playing defence following a stunning offence over the past two years that has given them control of the Congress, White House, and a majority of the governor's seats, so a unified Democratic Party is needed for Deeds to pull out of this race with a win in November.

Watch the Unity Rally with remarks from Governor Warner, Terry McAuliffe, Brian Moran, and Democratic Nominee Creigh Deeds.

McDonnell Congratulates Deeds on Primary Victory

In a statement released by Republican gubernatorial nominee Bob McDonnell, he congratulates Democratic candidate for governor Creigh Deeds for yesterday's primary victory. In his statement, he also joked around that Deeds need to "take a vacation" after a hard fought campaign. While Mr. McDonnell wishes that Creigh was on vacation, Creigh Deeds is already hard at work and gearing up for another hard race heading into the November's election.

Watch McDonnell congratulate Deeds here.

Deeds-Wagner 2009

Do I know how to pick a candidate or what? Jody Wagner and Creigh Deeds bring a practical experience in the fashion of Governors Warner and Kaine. Their center-left politics are what will have McDonnell-Bowling quaking in their boots. I endorsed this ticket prior to the election knowing that this team could stand the best chance in November. Many point to Deeds' loss in 2005 as a reason for not voting for him, but his day will come in November. Deeds is more prepared than ever to not only beat McDonnell, but he will compete in rural areas like his home county of Bath,VA. Don't let McDonnell fool you, he is no centrist. He is paling around with the like of Gingrich and Gilmore and Virginia can do much better than that. Democrats unite around Creigh Deeds and Jody Wagner! Bring it on GOP!

Democratic Primary Results and Commentary: Live Blog

* 6:55 EST: Polls close in five minutes.
* 7:00 EST: Polls close right about, now.
* 7:04 EST: Word of low turnout in Shenandoah. Bad weather may affect the results in NOVA.
* 7:09 EST: The Political Spin Begins. Moran Camp is "cautiously optimistic". McAuliffe Camp thinks they did well in NOVA, and Deeds Camp is "pretty confident".
*7:11 EST: This sucks that none bothered to do an exit poll!!!
*7:13 EST: Seems like many people had the same experience I did. They were the only person in line to vote!!! Shame,shame, shame!!!
*7:16 EST: Results so far:

Governor - 1% reporting

Deeds - 67% [655 votes]
McAuliffe - 18% [180 votes]
Moran = 14% [138 votes]

Lt. Governor - 1% reporting

Wagner - 60% [494 votes]
Signer - 29% [235 votes]
Bowerbank - 11% [91 votes]

* 7:21 EST: Seems like Deeds has opened up an early lead!

*7:23 EST: . Creigh Deeds 4,948 54.09%

Brian J. Moran 2,110 23.06%

Terry R. McAuliffe 2,089 22.83%

* 7:25 EST: Lt. Governor - 2% reporting

Wagner - 68% [3,249 votes]
Signer - 26% [1,271 votes]
Bowerbank - 6% [281 votes]

* 7:26 EST: Nice lead for Wagner! Signer should have invested in TV buys! It seems to have paid off for Wagner!

* 7:28 EST: Governor - 5% reporting

Deeds - 52% [6,756 votes]
Moran = 25% [3,209 votes]
McAuliffe - 23% [3,014 votes]

Lt. Governor - 5% reporting

Wagner - 70% [7,529 votes]
Signer - 25% [2,680 votes]
Bowerbank - 5% [591 votes]

* 7:31 EST: Thank you, Daily Kos and 538!!!

* 7:35 EST: Even more returns:
Governor - 13% reporting

Deeds - 53% [20,797 votes]
McAuliffe - 24% [9,289 votes]
Moran - 23% [9,183 votes]

Lt. Governor - 12% reporting

Wagner - 74% [23,776 votes]
Signer - 23% [7,276 votes]
Bowerbank - 4% [1,187 votes]

* 7:37 EST: Even more returns:

R. Creigh Deeds 36,046 51.10%
Terry R. McAuliffe 17,473 24.77%
Brian J. Moran 17,019 24.12%

* 7:39 EST: About 1/4th of the results are in. My money is on Deeds and Wagner!!!
* 7:41 EST: Looking at the results, I'm ready to project!!! Jody Wagner is the Democratic Nominee for Lieutenant Governor!!!
* 7:45 EST: Deeds racking big margins across the state!!! McAulliffe is doing well in Greensville!!! Moran is performing in Alexandria!!! Deeds and McAuliffe neck and neck in Newport News!!!
* 7:49 EST: Deeds wins Chesterfield!!! OK, I'm calm now! I'm one of 5000 odd voters who turned out for Deeds!
* 7:51 EST: Poor Terry, he pumped so much cash to do so poorly!!! :( for you.
* 7:52 EST: Deeds, still is running at more than 50% in a 3-way race!
* 7:54 EST: I'm done. I'm calling the race for Deeds!!! With a 25 point lead over T-Mac and a larger lead over Moran, Deeds has a large enough margin to hold his lead! Deeds is the winner!!!

A Little Off-Topic: A Testament To Kaine's Fiscal Management

I know I'm a little off topic on an election day to speak about bond rating. Standards and Poor's has given its highest and most coveted credit rating of AAA to the $139 million in new general obligation bonds. “The rating reflects what we view as the Commonwealth’s strong and broad-based economy that in the past decade has grown at a faster pace than the national average,” says S&P Credit Analyst Karl Jacob inside the report. The report cite our Commonwealth's sound fiscal management and our well diversified economy that has fared well in one of the worst recessions in recent history. S&P has given Virginia's other obligation bonds with a AAA credit rating. This is truly a testament to Governor's Warner and Kaine's bipartisan governing that makes our commonwealth one of the best managed states in the nation.

Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2009/06/08/daily29.html

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