Via the AP: Virginia Governor’s Race Close, Polls Show

Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican Jerry Kilgore are in a tight race for governor, two new statewide polls show.

In a poll conducted by The Washington Post and published in Sunday’s editions, 47 percent of respondents said they would vote for Kaine, while 44 percent said they would vote for Kilgore. However, the poll had a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points.

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A separate poll conducted by the independent Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. last week showed Kilgore at 44 percent and Kaine at 42 percent, well within the poll’s margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.