Democratic candidates vie to outperform McAuliffe in Virginia's gubernatorial primary

Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe is the front-runner going into Tuesday's gubernatorial primary in Virginia. But the other candidates aren't ready to concede this race.

Virginians head to the polls Tuesday to vote in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, and while former Gov. Terry McAuliffe is the front-runner, his opponents are barnstorming the commonwealth in the final stretch to convince undecided voters they are the right choice to beat GOP nominee Glenn Youngkin in November. In addition to McAuliffe, there are four other candidates vying for the nomination: former Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy, state Sen. Jennifer McClellan, Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax and Del. Lee Carter. Over 90,000 voters have already cast ballots in the election, according to the Virginia Public Access Project, and while a Roanoke College Poll published Friday showed nearly half of likely Democratic primary voters support McAuliffe, it also indicated about a quarter of likely voters were still undecided. "When a lot of people think about these elections, they assume that the person who has been elected will be elected again, and they talk about inevitability," Carroll Foy said, referring to McAuliffe's 2013 victory. "Inevitability only exists if we allow it."