Possible huge upset, 76% reporting and Ken Cuccinelli is up by 3 points.

The Democrats poured an ungodly amount of money into this race and McAuliffe was up double digits not long ago (he was up 6 points yesterday).

Via CNN:

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82% reporting: Cuccinelli 47.2%, McAuliffe 45.9%

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FYI: The loser can only demand a recount if the margin is less than 1%.

Update: Only eight days ago McAuliffe was leading 51% – 39%. The fact that it’s this close tonight is pretty amazing.

(WaPo) — Democrat Terry McAuliffe has opened a double-digit lead over Republican Ken Cuccinelli II in the race for Virginia governor, in a new poll capturing increasing dissatisfaction among voters with Cuccinelli’s party and his conservative views.

According to a new Washington Post/Abt SRBI poll, McAuliffe tops Cuccinelli 51 percent to 39 percent among likely voters in the Nov. 5 election. McAuliffe led by eight percentage points in a poll taken last month. Libertarian Robert Sarvis, who has capitalized on voter unrest with the two major-party candidates, is at 8 percent, according to the new poll.

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85% reporting: Cuccinelli leads McAuliffe 46.8% – 46.4%

Update: Fox News just called it for McAuliffe.

Update: Drudge editor Joseph Curl makes a great point:

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90% of precincts reporting: Cuccinelli 46.31% — McAuliffe 46.71% — Sarvis 6.74%

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