Creigh Deeds

Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said Monday that Democrat R. Creigh Deeds lost his campaign for governor because he was unable to energize his base, falling into a Republican trap that led him to shrink from the president and his policies.

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...Martin - 1 hr 21 mins ago Back in June, pollster David Petts was the man with the answers. His candidate, Virginia Democrat Creigh Deeds, had just won a thumping, come-from-behind primary victory to win his party's nomination for...

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...from a conservative area, Deeds had fallen out of step with a party based in the state's most populated regions. Asked whether he was an Obama Democrat during a debate with McDonnell in Fairfax, Deeds responded, "I'm a Creigh Deeds Democrat."

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...results. "When Deeds was asked if he was an 'Obama Democrat,' he hesitated and said that he was a 'Creigh Deeds Democrat. ' This is showing that Deeds was not fully embracing the top of the Democratic party - he was basically saying he was...

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Democrat R. Creigh Deeds lost the statewide race, but defeated his Republican rival Robert F. McDonnell at McLean's Chesterbrook precinct, according to officials at the polling place who just finished tabulating ballots. McDonnell received...

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Both Democratic gubernatorial candidate Sen. R. Creigh Deeds and attorney general candidate Del. Stephen C. Shannon (D-Fairfax) said moments ago that the name of the game tonight is turnout. The turnout so far inside the Richmond hotel...

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An area that will likely see high turnout today is rural Bath County, the home of Democratic state Sen. Creigh Deeds. Still, as the second most sparsely populated county in Virginia, that will end up translating to only a couple thousand...

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...and Twitter to note what feels to them like low turnout in strongly Democratic precincts and poor poll coverage by candidate Creigh Deeds and other Democrats. From Twitter: @Joseph_Taylor Not a single deeds poll worker in nokesville.

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Democrat R. Creigh Deeds and Republican Robert F. McDonnell campaigned across Virginia on Monday, leading efforts to draw out voters with a blitz of door-knocking, phone-calling and TV advertising in the final hours of the hard-fought race...

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State Sen. R. Creigh Deeds gave his final plea tonight to his supporters, promising a victory if they could bring out the same voters that put Virginia in the win column for President Obama. In describing his longshot odds, Deeds told the...

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