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Last Updated on Wednesday, 4 November 2009 10:25 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 4 November 2009 10:25
From Roanoke.com:
Former attorney general Bob McDonnell was elected the state’s 71st governor by a decisive margin today.
McDonnell soundly defeated Democrat Creigh Deeds, a state senator from Bath County. Incumbent Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling won a convincing re-election victory, and Republican state Sen. Ken Cuccinelli of Fairfax County won the contest for attorney general.
McDonnell, 55, won with a message aimed squarely at voters’ concerns about the economy while downplaying his staunch conservative positions on social issues. Just one year after Democrat Barack Obama carried Virginia in the presidential election, McDonnell found the state’s political landscape to be fertile ground for a Republican revival.