Eric Holder Group Pumps Big Money Into Close Virginia Governors Race

Source: NBC News




OCT 26 2017, 8:28 PM ET

by ALEX SEITZ-WALD

WASHINGTON — A Democratic group led by former Attorney General Eric Holder is pumping another $250,000 into the Virginia governor's race, which, with two weeks left, is widely seen as the most important election of the year.

The funds bring total spending in the race to $1 million by the group, the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, which was established this year when former President Barack Obama tapped Holder to coordinate Democrats' redistricting efforts ahead of the 2020 Census.

Virginia, one of the most gerrymandered states in the country, is central to the party's plan to draw more favorable congressional districts, and the governor's race is its first big test.

Democrat Ralph Northam is hoping to keep the Governor's Mansion in the party's hands against Republican Ed Gillespie in the Nov. 7 election, viewed as the first real electoral bellwether of the Donald Trump presidency.

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