The first head-to-head poll after Virginia’s gubernatorial primary put Democrat Creigh Deeds ahead of Republican Bob McDonnell by a healthy margin, 47 percent to 41 percent.

But the subsequent ones have shown the race closer (Deeds up by 4, McDonnell up by 1), suggesting that maybe that was a temporary winning-the-primary burst for the Democrat.

Now Public Policy Polling is out with their first head-to-head post-primary poll, and they have Republicans leading all three statewide races: McDonnell leads Creigh Deeds by a 49-to-43 margin; Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling leads Jody Wagner by 46-to-40; and Sen. Ken Cuccinelli bests Steve Shannon 45-to-38 in the race for attorney general.

McDonnell has a 21-percentage-point lead among self-described independents: 54 percent to 33 percent.