McDonnell Outpsent Deeds 2:1 In Closing Weeks of Campaign

Courtesy of VPAP, here's the amount of money raised and spent from October 22, 2009 through November 26, 2009 for the three statewide races. Bob McDonnell outspent Creigh Deeds by more than 2:1 in the closing weeks of the campaign, Bill Bolling outspent Jody Wagner by about 24%, and Steve Shannon crushed Ken Cuccinelli in spending by a more than 3:1 margin. As far as I can tell, there's little or no correlation here between how the candidate ended up performing and whether or not they outspent their opponent. But, of course, the downballot races were closely linked to the top of the ticket in this election, so that's probably not so surprising (although it raises the question as to why more people didn't split their ballots, at least in the Shannon-Cooch race).

Governor
Bob McDonnell: raised $2,517,726, spent $3,754,202
Creigh Deeds: raised $909,262, spent $1,755,445

Lieutenant Governor
Bill Bolling: raised $470,272, spent $862,072
Jody Wagner: raised $467,213, spent $693,649

Attorney General
Steve Shannon: raised $909,262, spent $1,265,470
Ken Cuccinelli: raised $367,706, spent $389,079

Deeds/Wagner/Shannon Monday Schedule

Here's the public schedule for Creigh Deeds, Jody Wagner and Steve Shannon for Monday, the last full day of campaigning in Election 2009. Polls close in just 50 hours - what are you doing to help elect Democrats and stop the most far-right-wing ticket in Virginia history from winning on Tuesday?

8:30 AM IN ROANOKE – GET OUT THE VOTE EVENT WITH FIREFIGHTERS.
When: 8:30 AM
Where: Fire Station No. 1
13 East Church Ave SE
Roanoke, VA

12 PM IN CHARLOTTESVILLE – GET OUT THE VOTE RALLY.
When: 12:00 PM
Where: Democratic Coordinated Campaign Office
418 E Main Street
Charlottesville, VA

2:30 PM IN RICHMOND – STUDENT GET OUT THE VOTE RALLY
When: 2:30 PM
Where: VCU Student Commons
907 Floyd Avenue
Richmond, VA

7 PM IN ALEXANDRIA – GET OUT THE VOTE RALLY
When: 7:00 PM
Where: Alexandria's Market Square
202 King Street
Alexandria, VA

Jody Wagner's New Ad Made Me "ROFLMAO!"

This is so true. And so funny. By the way, for those of you not up on internet(s) lingo, "ROFLMAO" means "rolling on the floor laughing my ass off." And this video made me do that. For that, I thank you Jody Wagner! :)

P.S. But there's nothing funny about the thought of 4 more years for Bill Bolling as LG of Virginia.