BUENA VISTA — Second gentleman Doug Emhoff rallied with Virginia Democrats at Rep. Bobby Scott’s annual Labor Day cookout in Newport News on Monday, while Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and his Republican opponent, retired Navy Capt. Hung Cao, traded a few jabs at Buena Vista’s 53rd Labor Day festival, but the two did not have their forecast first meeting.

Labor Day marks the traditional kickoff of the sprint to Election Day in Virginia, though it’s now an election season, with early voting beginning on Sept. 20.

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