The GOP Is Killing Their Chances in Virginia...

GOVERNOR – VIRGINIA (CNU)
Terry McAuliffe (D) 47%
Ken Cuccinelli (R) 38%
Robert Sarvis (L) 8%


LT GOVERNOR – VIRGINIA (CNU)
Ralph Northam (D) 48%
EW Jackson (R) 37%

ATTORNEY GENERAL – VIRGINIA (CNU)
Mark Herring (D) 45%
Mark Obenshain (R) 42%

The shutdown on Capitol Hill is working it's way across the Potomac River and infecting the state level party in Virginia. After a Ted Cruz appearance in Virginia that Ken Cuccinelli ducked out on the GOP is scrambling to explain the shutdown crisis in a context that doesn't cost them the Governor's mansion and the state house. 

As a reminder here is the 2012 breakdown by sector of what Virginians do for a living...