Terry McAuliffe, who in 2008 was an attack dog for Hillary Clinton as she battled Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination, appears to be succeeding in an aggressive push for Virginia’s black voters.

With just more than a week until the June 9 primary, McAuliffe has out-marshaled his two Democratic opponents among African-Americans, a constituency that broke 9-to-1 in favor of Obama in last year’s Potomac Primary, experts said.