Former DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe appears to have slipped from his previous position as the frontrunner for next week’s Democratic gubernatorial primary in Virginia — going from a strong first place to a close second in the latest survey from Public Policy Polling (D).
The latest numbers: State Sen. Creigh Deeds 27%, McAuliffe 24%, and former state Del. Brian Moran 22%. Two weeks ago it was McAuliffe 29%, Deeds 20%, Moran 20%, and in early May it was McAuliffe 30%, Moran 20% and Deeds 14%.
Moran recently began attacking McAuliffe’s record as a businessman and political figure, which may have taken some wind away from McAuliffe — but apparently didn’t help Moran either as the aggressor, leaving the third man Deeds as the true beneficiary.
