Friday, April 5, 2013

Terry McAuliffe becomes official Democratic Party candidate for governor on Tuesday


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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