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Article: McAuliffe makes his pitch to Petersburg
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- Progress-Index, The Petersburg, Va.
- Article date:
- May 29, 2009
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PETERSBURG -- Just 11 days before the Democratic primary,
gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe came to Petersburg yesterday
to fire up voters. "We need someone in Richmond to shake things up,
and I'm your man," McAuliffe told his supporters at a gathering at
Longstreet's Deli.
McAuliffe also managed to pick up an endorsement by a local city
official -- Clerk of Court Benjamin O. Scott gave McAuliffe his
support for June 9. "Until a couple of days ago, I had not made up
my mind," Scott said. But after reading McAuliffe's program and his
book "What a Party!" he had made his choice.
McAuliffe needs every single endorsement from Petersburg, a
strong Democratic hub, which his opponent Brian ...