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In the midst of the worst recession since the Great Depression, to say that Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell faces a challenge or two as Virginia’s 71st chief executive would be to put it mildly.
Washington - Republican Bob McDonnell was elected governor of Virginia on Tuesday, recapturing a closely watched US state that voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election. Initial results gave McDonnell 61 per cent, compared to 39 per ce...
Republicans swept governors' races in New Jersey and Virginia on Tuesday, giving the GOP bragging rights by winning two key states that Barack Obama carried a year ago.
With a possible statewide Republican sweep, the GOP is enthusiastic about Election Day in Virginia.
Republican Governor-elect Bob McDonnell's victory in Virginia over Democrat R. Creigh Deeds was a triumph for a GOP looking to rebuild after being booted from power in national elections in 2006 and 2008.
Republican Bob McDonnell has easily won the Virginia governor's race.
Republican Bob McDonnell and Democrat Creigh Deeds are in an all-out race to see who will be the next governor of Virginia.
HIGH SCHOOLS STATE POLLS The Top 10 Virginia Football teams in the Virginia Group AAA, AA, A prep poll as selected by sports writers and broadcasters from around the state, with first-place votes in parentheses and total points received based on a 10-through-1 voting system: Others receiving votes : Bayside 7, Meadowbrook 6 , Lake Braddock 5, Highland Springs 2 , Ocean Lakes 1, Thomas Dale 1 .
It was a Republican sweep in Loudoun this week, ushering in yet another swing of the pendulum in the county's political landscape.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Voters cast their ballots Tuesday for a new Virginia governor in a closely watched race that has focused on promises of jobs and critiques of President Barack Obama's policies a year after he won the state.
Nov. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Virginians elected Republican Bob McDonnell governor, delivering a political setback to President Barack Obama, who last year became the first Democrat to carry the state in a presidential race since Lyndon Johnson in 1964.
