Sunday, November 3, 2013

Virginia's Governor race heats up

Good Evening Readers!

I hope all of you had a great week/weekend. Tonight, I will be discussing the very important race for Governor of Virginia. There will be three candidates appearing on the ballot this year. The first candidate is Democrat Terry McAuliffe who is a businessman and former chairman of the Democratic National Committee. The second candidate is Republican Ken Cuccinelli who is the Attorney General of Virginia. The last candidate is Libertarian Robert Sarvis who is a lawyer and businessman.

This race is drawing national political attention for multiple reasons. The first reason is all the star power surrounding the candidates. President Obama recently gave a speech endorsing McAuliffie. The second reason is who is at fault for the government shutdown and Tea Party politics. Many people are pointing fingers at either the President or the extremist Tea Party members for the shutdown. Cuccinelli is backed by Tea Party members so this could possibly hurt his chances with some voters. The last reason is Virginia being a huge swing state. Virginia is always a toss-up state in presidential years and that’s what makes this race so important.


Regardless of all the hype and information that surrounds these candidates, what really matters is voter turnout on Election Day.  Thank you for reading tonight! If you have a comment or opinion on these candidates, please comment. Hope to see you all next week!

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