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McDonnell Has Double-Digit Leads in Two More Polls

by Bruce Drake on Oct 29, 2009 • No Comments

Filed under: Polls, Governors, Poll Watch

It's starting to get an "Is there an echo in here?" quality, but two more polls show the Virginia governor's race being firmly in the hands of Republican Bob McDonnell.

A Suffolk University poll (link not available yet) conducted Oct. 26-28 says McDonnell leads Deeds...

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McDonnell Holds Comfortable 8 Point Lead Over Deeds in Virginia

by Bruce Drake on Oct 11, 2009 • No Comments

Filed under: Polls, Governors, Poll Watch

Republican Bob McDonnell is leading Democrat Creigh Deeds in the Virginia governor's race by 48 percent to 40 percent,according to a Mason-Dixon poll conducted Oct. 6-8 for Media General News. The margin of error is 4 points.

The poll touches on what some...

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Mocking a Candidate’s Stutter: Creigh Deeds Gets An Apology

by Jill Lawrence on Oct 5, 2009 • No Comments

Bob McDonnell, the Republican candidate for governor of Virginia, scored a coup by winning an endorsement from Sheila Johnson, co-founder of Black Entertainment Television. But Johnson didn't do McDonnell any favors the other day at a rally in Hampton Roads, when she made fun of the way Democrat Creigh Deeds talks.

Here's...

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Maybe the Economy Won’t Sink Democrats This Year After All

by Jill Lawrence on Dec 31, 1969 • No Comments

Ready or not, we're heading for two elections this fall that will be interpreted as judgments on President Obama and the Democrats who control Congress. And the economy might not be an unmitigated drag on Democrats running for governor in New Jersey and Virginia.

That's not a sentence...

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Does Bob McDonnell Want to Outlaw Non-Marital Sex?

by David Corn on Dec 31, 1969 • No Comments

Filed under: Republicans, Culture, Deep Background

Does Robert McDonnell, the Republican candidate in the Virginia governor's race, believe non-marital sex is a crime?

McDonnell, who was widely regarded as leading Democrat Creigh Deeds in the off-year election, has hit a rough...

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Deeds Closes in on McDonnell in Virginia Governor’s Race

by Bruce Drake on Dec 31, 1969 • No Comments

Filed under: Polls, Governors, Poll Watch

Former Virginia Attorney General Robert McDonnell holds a slim 48 percent to 46 percent lead over Democratic state Sen. Creigh Deeds with 5 percent undecided, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Sept. 16. The margin of error...

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Toss-Up in Virginia Governor’s Race? New Poll Says No

by Bruce Drake on Dec 31, 1969 • No Comments

Filed under: Debates, Polls, Governors, Poll Watch

On the heels of a Rasmussen poll showing the Virginia governor's race moving into the toss-up category, a new Research 2000/Daily Kos survey conducted Sept. 14-16 tells another story, putting former Attorney General...

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Deeds’ Gains Among Women Narrow Va. Governor’s Race

by Bruce Drake on Dec 31, 1969 • No Comments

Filed under: Polls, Governors, Poll Watch

The polls have swung back and forth in the Virginia governor's race when it comes to whether it's close or not, and now a new Washington Post survey of likely voters, conducted Sept. 14-17, comes down on the side of...

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Another Poll Shows Tight Deeds-McDonnell Race in Virginia

by Bruce Drake on Dec 31, 1969 • No Comments

Filed under: Polls, Governors, Poll Watch

The polls have swung back and forth on how tight (or not) the Virginia governor's race is, and a new Insider Advantage/Majority Opinion poll comes down on the "tight" side with Democrat...

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McDonnell’s Lead Over Deeds Shrinks in Virginia

by Bruce Drake on Dec 31, 1969 • No Comments

Filed under: Polls, Governors, Poll Watch

Republican Bob McDonnell's lead over Democratic opponent Creigh Deeds is down to 48 percent to 43 percent with 8 percent undecided compared to a seven point advantage a month ago and 14 points in July, according to a

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New Poll, Differing From Others, Puts McDonnell Way Up in Virginia

by Bruce Drake on Dec 31, 1969 • No Comments

Filed under: Polls, Governors, Poll Watch

Most recent polls have shown the Virginia governor's between Republican Bob McDonnell and Democrat Creigh Deeds narrowing, but SurveyUSA continues to be an outlier, putting McDonnell ahead by 55 percent to 41 percent with 4 percent undecided....

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McDonnell Widens Lead Over Deeds in Virginia

by Bruce Drake on Dec 31, 1969 • No Comments

Filed under: Polls, Governors, Poll Watch

Recent polls had been showing Democrat Creigh Deeds closing the gap on Republican Bob McDonnell in the Virginia governor's race, but now the second poll in two days has McDonnell back on top by a comfortable margin.