{"id":557583,"date":"2021-06-08T20:06:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T00:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=557583"},"modified":"2021-06-08T20:06:32","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T00:06:32","slug":"terry-mcauliffe-cruises-to-victory-in-virginias-democratic-gubernatorial-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/terry-mcauliffe-cruises-to-victory-in-virginias-democratic-gubernatorial-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Terry McAuliffe Cruises To Victory In Virginia\u2019s Democratic Gubernatorial Primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fterry-mcauliffe-cruises-to-victory-in-virginias-democratic-gubernatorial-primary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=557583&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe easily won his state\u2019s Democratic gubernatorial primary Tuesday, beating his four fellow candidates by double-digit margins and moving one step closer to his old job.<\/p>\n<p>McAuliffe, who was governor from 2014 to 2018, had 62% of the vote when the race was called, and is set to face first-time Republican candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/10\/glenn-youngkin-virginia-governor-gop-nomination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Glenn Youngkin<\/a> in November. He beat out Virginia state Sen. Jennifer McClellan, Jennifer Carroll Foy, Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax and Delegate Lee Carter.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam, who succeeded McAuliffe in 2017, is ineligible to serve another consecutive term under state law. If McAuliffe wins in November, he would be just the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nga.org\/former-governors\/virginia\/\">second governor<\/a> since the Civil War to serve two terms.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/12\/09\/terry-mcauliffe-launches-bid-old-post\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: McAuliffe Launches Bid For His Old Post)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7209365\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"34\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7209365\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7209365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1321744225-scaled-1.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1321744225-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1321744225-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1321744225-620x414-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1321744225-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1321744225-1536x1025-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1321744225-2048x1366-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7209365\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe campaigns on June 4 in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Even though turnout appeared to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/virginia-politics\/virginia-primary-election-results\/2021\/06\/07\/7167c92a-c4ae-11eb-9a8d-f95d7724967c_story.html\">lower than expected<\/a> Tuesday, McAuliffe still cruised to victory. He was considered the wide favorite in the race given his greater name recognition and cash-on-hand.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s primary is the first in decades where every statewide official and legislative chamber is led by Democrats. The state flipped both its House and Senate in 2019, and since then Northam has led the charge on a series of Democratic priorities including abolishing the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/05\/virginia-abolish-death-penalty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">death penalty<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/28\/virginia-legalize-marijuana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">legalizing marijuana<\/a> and adopting several <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/04\/13\/virginia-governor-northam-signs-gun-control-bills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gun control measures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As governor, McAuliffe was a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2016\/05\/23\/flashback-120-clinton-foundation-donors-gave-13-4-million-to-terry-mcauliffes-campaigns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">close ally<\/a> of the Clintons and consistently held a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/approval_rating\/governor\/va\/governor_mcauliffe_job_approval-4281.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">positive approval rating<\/a>. During his term he often <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2017\/02\/21\/terry-mcauliffe-vetoes-bill-to-defund-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vetoed<\/a> bills passed by the Republican state legislature, and in his final days in office <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2016\/11\/06\/exclusive-virginia-gov-pardons-60000-felons-enough-to-swing-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pardoned approximately 60,000 convicted felons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McAuliffe was also a leading backer of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2017\/01\/18\/theyre-struggling-terry-mcauliffes-scandal-ridden-electric-car-company-is-in-trouble\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GreenTech Automotive<\/a>, a now-defunct electric car company that was caught in scandal after allegedly selling U.S. residency to Chinese citizens who invested at least $500,000 in the company.<\/p>\n<p>Though Youngkin has raked up Republican endorsements, including support from <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/11\/trump-democratic-va-candidate-terry-mcauliffe-bill-clinton-bagman-youngkin-endorsement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">former President Donald Trump<\/a>, and has the ability to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/27\/virginia-governor-race-republican-glenn-youngkin-ralph-northam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">self-fund<\/a> his campaign, he faces an uphill battle in a state that has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/11\/09\/us\/virginia-elections-democrats-republicans.html?action=click&#038;module=RelatedLinks&#038;pgtype=Article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trended Democratic<\/a> throughout the 21st Century and that Trump lost by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2020\/11\/03\/us\/elections\/results-president.html?action=click&#038;pgtype=Article&#038;state=default&#038;module=styln-elections-2020&#038;region=TOP_BANNER&#038;context=election_recirc\">over 10 points<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe easily won his state\u2019s Democratic gubernatorial primary Tuesday, beating his four fellow candidates by double-digit margins and moving one step closer to his old job.McAuliffe, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279694,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1321744225-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Terry McAuliffe Cruises To Victory In Virginia\u2019s Democratic Gubernatorial Primary","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-557583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1321744225-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Terry McAuliffe Cruises To Victory In Virginia\u2019s Democratic Gubernatorial Primary","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}