Seven people hoping to be the Republican nominee for governor are making their final cases to delegates ahead of an unassembled convention on Saturday.
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McAuliffe raised $4.1 million between January and March. The next closest candidate was former delegate Jennifer Carroll Foy, who raised $1.8 million.
Public Policy Polling recently interviewed 526 likely Democratic primary voters, 42% said they would vote for McAuliffe if the primary was held when they were interviewed.
The financial disclosures give an imperfect insight into who might emerge as a viable challenger to McAuliffe.
“Campaign finance is one of those ways that we measure popularity within the electorate,” said Dr Jatia Wrighten, a political science professor at Virginia Commonwealth University.
State Senator Jennifer McClellan and Carroll Foy trail McAuliffe with 8% support each in the last poll. McClellan raised just over $635,000 for the same period. If either is elected they would be the first Black woman to be a governor in the US. But Wrighten said they occupy different roles in the Democratic Party.