Here in Prince William County, Va. — one of the DC exurbs in No. Va. — I’m getting two or three recorded phone calls a day telling me to vote for GOP gubernatorial candidate Jerry Kilgore tomorrow. Yesterday, it was Rudy Giuliani; today it’s been President Bush and my congressman Tom Davis (so far).

I have no idea how the vote is going to go. Looks close, with the Democrat Tim Kaine appearing to have a slight edge in the latest polls. One of the peculiar factors in the overall race is that the Democrat running for AG won the NRA endorsement over the Republican. It happens once in a blue moon. (It may happen next year in Ohio, depending on whom the Democrats nominate to run against Sen. Mike DeWine.)

Also, if Kaine beats Kilgore, I’m going to have a little more respect for George Allen as a candidate–we may think of Virginia as red-state Republican country, but Democrats can and do win here. Come Wednesday, Allen’s triumph in 1993 may look more meaningful than it did just a few years ago.