McAuliffe Cruises to Virginia Gubernatorial Nomination Intelligencer 1 hr ago The top of both major-party tickets was set in primaries in New Jersey and Virginia, the two states holding elections in this off-year (along with a gubernatorial recall in California). And there were no real surprises. In Virginia, former Governor Terry McAuliffe routed a strong field to win a chance to post the third straight Democratic victory in a Virginia gubernatorial race. He carried every city and county in the state while winning 62 percent of the vote overall. State Delegate Jennifer Carroll Foy, who ran to McAuliffe’s left and won some key progressive endorsements, finished second with just under 20 percent of the vote. State senator Jennifer McClellan was third with 12 percent. And trailing the pack were Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax, whose political career has been derailed by sexual assault allegations, and self-identified socialist State Delegate Lee Carter, who also lost his legislative seat in Tuesday’s primary. Foy, McLellan and Fairfax are all Black, though white candidate McAuliffe, long a close associate of the Clintons, had some important Black endorsements.