Democratic Attorney General nominee Steve Shannon redoubled efforts Thursday to cast GOP opponent Ken Cuccinelli as a conservative culture warrior and enemy of the Obama administration.

Shannon, at the final debate of the Virginia attorney general’s race, sharpened attacks on the conservative state senator, who maintains a persistent lead in the polls with less than two weeks until the election. The Democrat hopes to drum up enough doubts about Cuccinelli’s beliefs to keep moderate voters from casting their ballot for him.