jeff schapiro is a reporter for the paper there. it is a 3-way race for the democrats there. tell us why the rest of the nation should be interested. guest: virginia and new jersey are the only states have been governor elections in these two states were carried by obama. it will affect washington. host: two candidates might be familiar nationwide, particularly one for those familiar with the democratic party. tell us about them and who was leading according to the polls. guest: you are probably referring to terry, the former chairman of the democratic committee. and the other parachuted just 10 months ago into the democratic race and assembled an impressive organization and raised a good deal of money. but the pre-primary polls which are more curiosities than anything else given the likely small turnout suggest he may be fading somewhat. a second candidate is brian moran, a former member of the house of delegates. he is from the city of alexandria. heat is the younger brother of jim, a longtime congressman from northern virginia who sits on the appropriations committee. he h