interesting. this sets up a rematch of the race for atty gen four years ago. deeds has always seemed like a bit of a hayseed to me. with no Obamotivation in the race, turnout was non-existent at 6%.
Deeds wins Democratic primary for Va. governor
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — State Sen. R. Creigh Deeds dominated Virginia's three-way Democratic primary for governor Tuesday, defeating a much better financed Clinton White House insider and a former legislative colleague.
The victory sets up a Deeds rematch this fall with Republican Bob McDonnell, who beat him in the 2005 attorney general election by 323 votes out of nearly 2 million cast — the closest statewide election in modern Virginia history.
"I'm a Presbyterian. I believe things happen for a reason," a jubilant Deeds, surprised at the ease of his victory, said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.
Deeds took nearly 50 percent of the vote to 26 percent for Terry R. McAuliffe and nearly 24 percent for Brian J. Moran, unofficial totals showed. Nearly 320,000 people voted in the race, about 6 percent of the state's 5 million registered voters but more than officials predicted. Deeds piled up surprisingly large margins across the state, including in the Washington, D.C. suburbs of northern Virginia that his opponents call home.
"The rematch isn't so important to me," Deeds said, downplaying the prospect of a grudge against McDonnell, a conservative with strong ties to Pat Robertson. He was unopposed for the GOP nomination.link 
