McAuliffe and Cuccinelli Spar in Debate

Terry McAuliffe (D) and Ken Cuccinelli (R) “brought their bitterly personal battle for governor to a crucial debate in Northern Virginia on Wednesday night, each casting the other as unfit for office, untrustworthy and wrong for the commonwealth,” the Washington Post reports.

“McAuliffe hammered Cuccinelli, the state’s attorney general, on conservative social stances that he contends are too extreme for Virginians. And Cuccinelli said McAuliffe, a former Democratic National Committee chairman who has never held elective office, lacks the gravitas and experience to lead the state.”

The Fix has five takeaways from the debate.