NJ, Va. Governors' Races Focus on Women Voters

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One group to which the campaigns in both New Jersey and Virginia have paid close attention are woman voters and their success or failure in courting them has shaped the dynamics of each contest, The Politico reports.

In Virginia, Democrat Creigh Deeds had thought he hit gold by pounding Republican Bob McDonnell about a thesis he had written in graduate school saying homosexuals and working women were anti-family. But in the long run, it hasn;t work and Deeds actually trails McDonnell among women by one point, the Politico says.

In New Jersey, where Gov. Jon Corzine leads Republican Christie among women, Corzine has accused Christie of supporting a health insurance policy that would not guarantee coverage for mammograms.

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