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Doug Wilder, Democrats Refusing to Back Deeds

By W. James Antle, III on 9.24.09 @ 2:33PM

Yesterday John Gizzi reported that a number of former Mark Warner supporters have decided to support Republican Bob McDonnell for governor of Virginia this time around. Now former Gov. Douglas Wilder, the nation's first elected black governor, has announced that he won't be supporting Creigh Deeds either, though he stopped short of endorsing McDonnell. McDonnell has consistently, if narrowly, led his Democratic opponent in recent polls.