Showing posts with label va politics 2009 deeds governor poll race tightening. Show all posts
Showing posts with label va politics 2009 deeds governor poll race tightening. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Deeds Building Momentum - McDonnell Losing Ground


Another poll shows Bob McDonnell ahead of R. Creigh Deeds for governor -- this one, however, by 5 percentage points -- with Deeds getting a boost among fellow Democrats from the fallout over McDonnell's controversial law-school thesis.

The Republican apparently leads Deeds, 42 percent to 37 percent, and 20 percent are undecided, according to Clarus Research Group, a nonpartisan polling firm in Washington led by Ronald A. Faucheux, former publisher and editor of Campaigns & Elections magazine.

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