LAURA VOZZELLA – Virginia politics beat reporter, The Washington Post
TOPIC: VA gubernatorial debate
-Republican Ed Gillespie and Democrat Ralph Northam staked out sharply different positions on immigration, health care, Virginia’s economy and President Trump on Saturday in their first debate since winning their respective party primaries for governor on June 13
-Their differences started with Trump. Northam, Virginia’s lieutenant governor and a pediatrician, said he had no regrets about a TV ad in which he called the president a “narcissistic maniac.”
-Gillespie and Northam are vying to succeed Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D), who is prohibited by the state constitution from serving consecutive terms.
