Creigh Deeds
Robert Creigh Deeds ( /ˈkriː/; born January 4, 1958) is an American politician. He is a member of the Senate of Virginia representing the 25th district since 2001. Previously, he was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Virginia in 2009 and Attorney General of Virginia in 2005. He was defeated in both of those races by Bob McDonnell. Deeds lost by just 323 votes in 2005, but was defeated by a wide margin of almost 18 percentage points in 2009. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1992 to 2001.
Read more about Creigh Deeds: Personal Life, Electoral History
Famous quotes containing the word deeds:
“The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.”
—Tacitus (c. 55–c. 120)