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Virginia Democrats Choose Primary For `09 Governors Race

by Doug Mataconis @ 8:36 am on September 15, 2008.

It’s beginning to look like we’ll have a three-way contest for the Democratic nomination for Governor next year:

DOGUE, Va. — The Virginia Democratic State Central Committee voted yesterday to hold a primary next year to choose the party’s candidate for governor amid growing indications that there could be a three-way fight for the nomination.

Terry McAuliffe, a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee who has been mentioned as a possible candidate for governor, said yesterday that he plans to start a 30-locality tour of the state this month to campaign for Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) and Senate candidate Mark R. Warner. But the tour could also serve as a test of McAuliffe’s appeal with the Democratic activists who play a crucial role in electing the party’s nominee for governor.

“Clearly, I won’t rule it out,” McAuliffe, a McLean resident, said of a bid for governor. “A lot of people have talked to me about it, but I said let’s just focus on this year. . . . By Election Day, I will have traveled to every corner of the state for Obama and Mark Warner.

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McAuliffe would face Del. Brian J. Moran (Alexandria) and Sen. R. Creigh Deeds (Bath) for the nomination if he joined the race.

More to come, I’m sure.