Republican Bob McDonnell’s double-digit lead in the Virginia governor’s race has left Democratic House candidates facing even greater headwinds as they seek to hold onto vulnerable districts.
Polls consistently show McDonnell, a former state attorney general, with a broad lead over Democrat Creigh Deeds. That gap has created new troubles for a Democratic House caucus that has made steady gains in recent years and until recently flirted with the idea of taking a majority in 2009.
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