By John, 8 Asians
Although this is an off, non-presidential election coming around the corner in November, there is one governor’s race that politicos are watching closely, and that is the Virginia governor’s race – where we have former Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe running against Republican State Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. Given that there recently was a federal government shutdown in D.C.’s backyard which affected many federal workers living in Virgina as well as the bumpy launch of healthcare.gov, both the Democrats and Republicans see this race as a proxy on each other’s party and a foreshadowing of the Congressional races for Fall 2014.
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Even as back as 2008, I had blogged about Virginia becoming a swing state, with the biggest potential swing of votes coming from the growing Washington, D.C. suburbs of Virginia population with more and more Asian Americans – who have usually been traditionally non-affiliated to a political party, yet often vote and lean Democratic. Virginia is definitely a battleground state – in 2012, Obama won 51% of the vote, versus Romney’s 48%.
Read the full article by John from 8 Asians.
