by Maggie Temple-Smith | R. Creigh Deeds -- a "quiet, unpolished lawmaker" and conservative Dem from a rural area -- coming from behind and without his opponents' advantages in funding, won in every region of the state. (WaPo)
His victory was so dominant that he captured 10 of the state's 11
congressional districts, including the one held by Moran's brother,
U.S. Rep. James P. Moran Jr.
All three campaigns and state political experts had agreed that
Deeds was coming on strong in the final days of the race, but no one
expected him -- or the other candidates -- to come close to winning the
50 percent of the vote that he captured.
At Balloon Juice, John Cole explains why Democrats should probably think that frontrunner Terry McAuliffe's defeat at Deeds' hand is a good thing. "My strong sense is that quite a few people voted against McAullife," says OTB's James Joyner. "It...doesn’t help to have a grating personality." Or to have Bill Clinton campaigning for you, apparently.
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