WASHINGTON POST: Terry McAuliffe narrowly won the Virginia governor’s race Tuesday, defeating Republican Ken Cuccinelli II by piling up votes in parts of the state hit hard by last month’s federal government shutdown.
After acidly negative campaigns by both candidates, McAuliffe — a former Democratic National Committee chairman and legendary political fundraiser who has never held elective office — took large majorities in Virginia’s population centers, especially the Washington suburbs and Hampton Roads…
McAuliffe won a contest in which many voters said they were voting for the Democrat mainly to take a stand against Cuccinelli, 45, whom McAuliffe portrayed as driven by faith and political philosophy to absolutist positions against abortion rights, same-sex marriage, higher taxes and a larger government role in health care… (more)
