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Mr. Wilder’s 3,500-mile campaign tour of the state by car probably has helped his effort, according to Mason-Dixon poll analysts.
“Evidence that there is stagnation in the Chichester campaign is found in the fact that the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor has shown no increase in his statewide name recognition since securing the nomination,” the poll analysts said. “In May, Chichester’s name recognition was 27 percent statewide. In September, it had only increased to 32 percent. . . Chichester’s name recognition is lower than any (other) candidate for statewide office.”
Meanwhile, Mr. Wilder has increased his name recognition only four poiqts, from 47 percent to 51 percent. Still, that’s 20 percent higher than Chichester’s, the pollsters noted.
As in the governor’s race, the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor has the edge in this region. The recent poll gives Mr. Chichester advantages of:
• 46 percent to 27 percent in the Central Piedmont region (including Rappahannock, Fauquier and Culpeper counties).
• 39 to 31 in Northern Virginia (including Loudoun, Prince William and Fairfax counties).
• 40 to 25 in the Shenandoah region (including Clarke and Warren counties).
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