"Creigh Deeds, running for the 2009 Democratic nomination for governor, has picked up a laurel from organized labor in his announced rival’s backyard.

The Washington Building and Construction Trades Council on Friday named Deeds, a state senator from rural Bath County, Legislator of the Year.

Vance Ayres, the council’s executive secretary-treasurer, said, “The simple fact is Creigh Deeds is a leader in the fight for working families and getting our economy back on track.”

The council, an arm of the AFL-CIO, represents ironworkers, electricians, painters and other construction workers.

The Washington area is the home base of Del. Brian Moran of Alexandria, another Democrat running for governor next year.

A second Northern Virginian may make the race: Terry McAuliffe, the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee and FoB&H—Friend of Bill and Hillary." (Jeff E. Schapiro, Richmond Times Dispatch, October 6, 2008)