The VA ’09 AGs race is on…yippee!

State Sen. Ken Cuccinelli II (R-Fairfax), one of Northern Virginia’s few conservative elected officials with grass-roots support across the state, announced plans yesterday to run for attorney general next year.Cuccinelli, 39, won reelection in the fall by 92 votes in western Fairfax County despite the region’s increasing tendency to choose Democrats at the polls. He touted his conservative credentials on such issues as illegal immigration, gun rights, the death penalty and abortion as evidence that he can court Republican votes and complete a conservative GOP ticket that could also feature gubernatorial contender Robert F. McDonnell, the current attorney general, and Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, who will seek reelection next year.

“We have the opportunity to have the strongest ticket that Republicans have fielded in years, many years,” Cuccinelli said at his announcement in Fairfax yesterday. “I believe I can round out that ticket, bringing in my history of conservative leadership and a strong grass-roots network based here in Northern Virginia.”

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