ASSOCIATED PRESS Democratic gubernatorial candidate and Virginia State Sen. Creigh Deeds makes a speech to supporters after losing the Virginia governor’s race to Republican Bob McDonnell, at his election results event in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. At far left is Deed’s son, Gus Deeds.RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — While Republican Bob McDonnell claimed victory in the Virginia governor’s race, Democrat Creigh Deeds has conceded after a lopsided loss.
“There’s still people that need a voice, and we’re going to give them that voice,” McDonnell told supporters in a crowded Richmond hotel ballroom. “This chapter is closed, but the next chapter is to be written.”
A few miles away, Deeds addressed a somber crowd, saying he had called McDonnell to congratulate him. He also says that just because Republicans swept Tuesday’s elections, Democrats can’t give up.
With more than four-fifths of precincts reporting, McDonnell had about 60 percent of the vote.
Deeds’ defeat comes one year after Barack Obama led a Democratic sweep of the state, handing the Republicans their first loss in a presidential race in 40 years.
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