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Good morning, Washington. Or at least, good morning those of you who have electricity this morning after last night’s storm, which knocked out power to around 90,000 people in the metro area. Pepco’s outage map does now show that the worst of the problems have been resolved, with only a few lingering pockets of trouble, mostly in upper Northwest. WJLA did a special story just on downed trees resulting from the storm.

Deeds Wins Virginia Primary: Everyone seemed surprised last night that state senator Creigh Deeds pulled out such a decisive victory in yesterday’s Virginia Democratic primary race for governor. How did be beat the McAuliffe money machine and the Moran family name? Might have had something to do with the fact that he started racking up key endorsements toward the end of a race no one really wanted to spend too much time thinking about. Not having a New York accent probably helped, too. Fun fact: Deeds even managed to capture the district represented in Congress by Jim Moran, candidate Brian Moran’s brother.

Norton Criticizes Obama on Voting Rights: Shortly after we called on President Obama to provide some leadership on D.C. voting rights in the wake of the current bill being shelved, Eleanor Holmes Norton went on the record last night with WTOP criticizing Obama for not getting involved in the issue. “I was disappointed in the administration. They could have been more help,” Norton told WTOP.

Briefly Noted: Woman dies in Northeast house fire … Study finds alarmingly high rates of illness among D.C. black women … Washington Gas workers busted for Rogaine, Crest thefts … Patient assaults EMS crew, steals ambulance before being stopped by firetruck.

This Day in DCist: Last year, WASA was begging residents not to open fire hydrants in order to cool off on hot days, and a local scooter owner tried out an innovative anti-theft device: a magic marker.