NEW YORK (AP) - Elton John honored Hillary Rodham Clinton for her work to help those affected by HIV and AIDS at an annual event for his foundation.

Clinton was excited as she accepted the first founders award from the Elton John AIDS Foundation on Tuesday night in New York. The former secretary of state told the crowd at Cipriani's restaurant that "we still have so far to go" when it comes to helping those affected by HIV and AIDS.

"There are so many challenges in front of us," Clinton said. The former U.S. senator added that she wants to see an "AIDS-free generation" and that accomplishing that must be "our North Star."

"I thank you, but I know there's more for us to do," she said. "Humans may discriminate, but viruses don't."

(WUSA9) -- According to the latest Wason Center for Public Policy at Christopher Newport University poll, Democrat Terry McAuliffe is favored for governor over Republican Ken Cuccinelli among likely voters in Virginia's gubernatorial race. Researchers say women, independents and "defecting Republican voters" give McAuliffe a 9-point lead over Cuccinelli, 47 percent to 38 percent.

Researchers add that McAuliffe holds a 5-point lead, 43 percent to 38 percent, among registered voters. Also, Libertarian Robert Sarvis was the preference of 8 percent of likely voters and 9 percent of registered voters, according to researchers.

Researchers give the following breakdown of the poll results:

RICHMOND, Vs. (AP)--Ralph Northam, a Norfolk doctor who became a hero of Virginia's reproductive-rights movement, and fellow state Sen. Mark Herring won statewide Democratic primaries Tuesday for lieutenant governor and attorney general, respectively.

Two respected senior Republican House members, however, were felled by conservative challengers as each sought an 11th term in the General Assembly.

Northam, a pediatric neurologist and the only physician in the Senate, won a large following among female voters in 2012 when he used medical authority to thunder against a Republican-authored bill that would have required an intrusive ultrasound exam of every woman seeking an abortion.