Of that, $80,000 went toward his campaigns for statewide office.

Deeds said he stopped taking Dominion donations in 2016, but he’s not refunding any of their money.

“I’m not making any apologies for not being independently wealthy,” he said. “They fund everybody.”

Deeds said that he has an “independent” record in the General Assembly on energy regulations.

Harding also attacked Deeds’ record on the death penalty and LGBTQ rights.

In 2005, while running for state attorney general, Deeds disagreed with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling limiting the death penalty and advocated for expanding it in other ways to include juveniles. Deeds also has spoken against same-sex marriage in previous races.

Deeds was given the chance, but didn’t directly respond to Harding’s challenges about his record.

“I can’t go back 28 years. I don’t know about everything he just challenged,” he said. “I hope that if I made mistakes in the past I’ve grown past those mistakes and I think I’ve shown in the past 28 years of service that I can get things done.”