From Richmond Times Dispatch:

Democratic attorney general nominee Stephen C. Shannon, a delegate from Fairfax County, cited the employment controversy involving a state lawmaker yesterday while pitching his plan to strengthen government accountability.

He also dinged his opponent for not calling on the lawmaker to resign.

But Republican nominee Ken Cuccinelli, a state senator from Fairfax County, shot back, saying: “This is a pure political stunt on his part.”

Del. Phillip A. Hamilton, R-Newport News, is under fire for pursuing a job at a new teaching center at Old Dominion University before he put in a $500,000 budget amendment for the center’s creation. Speaker of the House William J. Howell, R-Stafford, has asked the House Ethics Advisory Panel to investigate whether Hamilton violated the state’s Conflict of Interest Act.

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