Virginia Democrats prefer Rep. Robert C. Scott to take over the Senate seat of Tim Kaine if Democrat Hillary Clinton wins the White House and takes her running mate Kaine with her.

The Judy Ford Wason Center for Public Policy/Christopher Newport University poll released Tuesday found that 27 percent of Old Dominion Democrats want to see Gov. Terry McAuliffe appoint Scott to the seat until a special election in 2017.

Nine percent picked Democratic Rep. Don Beyer Jr. and 26 percent were undecided, the poll found.

“Congressman Scott is really buoyed by his high name recognition and robust support in Richmond and in Hampton Roads,” Dr. Rachel Bitecofer, assistant director of the Wason Center, said in a polling memo.

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