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Article: Shaped by rural roots
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- Roanoke Times & World News
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- October 11, 2009
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Creigh Deeds mingled among the friends, neighbors and family
members who gathered at a Bath County farm on a summer Sunday
afternoon to salute a favorite son and the Democratic Party's
nominee for governor.
Hot dogs and hamburgers sizzled on a grill. A bluegrass band
played and cloggers performed. Before the faithful lined up for
food, the man of the hour thanked them for coming.
He doesn't get home very often these days, he explained. The hunt
for votes keeps him on the road, often far from the sparsely
populated county where he grew up.
Three nights earlier, he had shared the stage with President
Obama at an electric campaign rally in Northern Virginia. The event
drew national ...