Mike Henry To Manage Macker's Commonwealth Campaign

Former DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe has tapped Virginia strategist extraordinaire Mike Henry to run his gubernatorial campaign, my colleague Josh Green passes on and I can confirm.

Henry most recently managed Mark Warner's election to the U.S. Senate; before that, he was deputy campaign manager for the Clinton presidential campaign; before that he did independent expenditure work for Democrats in the state.

The Macker officially unveiled the exploratory stage of his campaign this week. His main opponents will be State Sen. Creigh Deeds and  delegate Brian Moran, a former prosecutor Northern Virginia, who is chairman of the legislature's House Democratic caucus. His political committee is being run by longtime Virginia strategist Mame Reilly; Democratic strategist Steve Jarding has signed on to help. 

Democrats worry that the primary will be divisive; McAuliffe, who currently polls well behind Moran, argues that he'll have the money and the gumption to take on likely Republican candidate Bob McDonnell.