On Tuesday, it became official: Democratic Party candidate
for governor of Virginia, Terry
McAuliffe, is THE nominee for his party. McAuliffe was the only Democratic
candidate to file for the governor’s showdown at the Virginia State Board of
Elections before the deadline last week.
In all, McAuliffe turned in 35,746 signatures during his
filing last week. Candidates for Virginia’s governorship need 10,000 signatures
to qualify for a run at Virginia’s Executive Mansion.
In a statement released following his official candidacy, McAuliffe stated, “I am grateful for the
support of Virginians from all parties and from every corner of Virginia…With
their [roughly 500 volunteers] help, I will continue to work tirelessly to
spread our message of finding mainstream ideas to make Virginia the best for
business.”
Okay, so it’s not the ringing progressive statement that
gets the Democratic Party base fired up but McAuliffe knows that he’ll be
competing for the hearts and minds of ‘moderates’ in Virginia.
Additionally, the Democratic Party approved the petitions
for lieutenant governor between Virginia Senator Ralph Northam (Norfolk) and Aneesh Chopra, former White House information
security chief. Virginia Sen. Mark
Herring and former federal prosecutor Justin Fairfax were also approved for
the contest over Virginia’s next attorney general.
All in all, the Democratic Party stands a good chance of
winning all three posts: governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general.
After four (4) years of Republican Party ludicrousness, the need for a change
cannot be understated.
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