Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds sent a letter to families effected by the Virginia Tech shootings, saying he will “support efforts” to share Seung-Hui Cho’s newly discovered mental health records with the Virginia Tech Review Panel.

Current Gov. Tim Kaine, also a Democrat, has told families he does not plan to reconvene the panel, but later said he is not ruling anything out.

The letter, dated July 31, takes a stand in contrast to Gov. Kaine’s plan to employ private information systems company to TriData sort through information, and later make a decision on reconvening the panel. An excerpt from the letter is below:

“When this new information is released, I will support efforts to share these records with the Virginia Tech Review Panel to determined whether or not these records shed additional light on the panel’s original findings. If the new information has the potential to alter the conclusions in the panel’s final report, I will support efforts to formally reconvene the panel to update the report.”

Read the whole letter: Deeds Statement

The panel, which operated on a volunteer basis, was chaired by Col. Gerald Massengill.

Several victims’ families put an advertisement in the Richmond Times-Dispatch during the Democratic gubernatorial primary that opposed Deeds on the basis of gun issues.

Bob McDonnell’s campaign has not yet returned calls for comment. Zc