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Virginia: McDonnell Wins After Lackluster Turnout
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 27 days ago
Virginia: McDonnell Wins After Lackluster Turnout
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The AP and MSNBC have called the Virginia gubernatorial race for Republican Bob McDonnell. The unsurprising win keeps the Virginia tradition going - the party that controls the White House has lost the election for governor since 1977. Though it came later than expected, it's bad news for ...
Election 2009: McDonnell leads in Virginia
news.yahoo.com - 27 days ago
Election 2009: McDonnell leads in Virginia
— news.yahoo.com — WASHINGTON Republican Bob McDonnell opened a lead in early counting in Virginia's governor's race Tuesday as independent... voters swung behind the GOP and fled Democrat R. Creigh Deeds , a reversal from a year ago when they catapulted President Barack ... (more) Election 2009: McDonnell leads in Virginia

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washingtonpost.com - 27 days ago
McDonnell wins Virginia governor's race
— washingtonpost.com — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from... the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ... (more) McDonnell wins Virginia governor's race

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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 27 days ago
Exit poll: In Virginia, it's all about the economy
— politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — (CNN) - The economy and jobs are the number on issue on the minds of voters in... Virginia, according to data from CNN exit polls Tuesday. Forty-six percent of Virginian voting Tuesday, as Republican Bob McDonnell and Democrat Creigh Deeds faced ... (more) Exit poll: In Virginia, it's all about the economy

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Open Left - Front Page:  Virginia Election Results Thread--McDonnell Wins

skippy the bush kangaroo:  excellent news for john mccain!

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Virginia Election Results Thread--McDonnell Wins
Open Left - Front Page — ... Update 3: To no one's surprise, McDonnell wins. I guess Deeds just didn't swerve far enough to the right. After all, the under-30 vote was only cut in half. He could have done better than that. ...

excellent news for john mccain!
skippy the bush kangaroo — ... upstate new york are filling a vacant house seat in a race with national implications. mr. nagourney goes on to explore the possible results of each of these three races and how important they will be for obama, the democrats and the newly-revitalized (now! with more teabaggers!) gop. for those of you keeping score, the races in question are: the governership of new jersey (dem corzine v. gop incumbent christie) the governership of virginia (gop connell, apparent winner, v. dem deeds) and representative for new york state district ...

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The New York Times On Virginia's Elections
snappedshot.com 26 days ago — In 2005 , on a candidate who won 52-to-46-percent: RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 8 - Lt. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, a Democrat, won the race for governor in Virginia tonight, scoring a major political victory for his mentor, Gov. Mark Warner, and sending a ...
Virginia GOP Plans to Clean House in 2010 — Top Stories from CQ
Emboldened by the results in the race for Virginia governor, Republicans are expressing renewed confidence about unseating one or more of the state’s Democratic House incumbents in the 2010 midterm elections.
Gibbs calls Deeds underdog, praises Kaine — Virginia Politics Blog
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters at a gaggle this morning that Democrat Creigh Deeds was always the underdog in the race against Republican Bob McDonnell for Virginia governor. He mentioned a fact that we are well aware of here in Virginia: Since 1977, no party that has ...
Virginia Is A Lot Less Blue Tonight — Below The Beltway
Bob McDonnell led the Republican Party of Virginia out of the wilderness tonight: Virginians elected Republican Robert F. McDonnell the commonwealth’s 71st governor Tuesday, sweeping the GOP to power and emphatically halting a decade of Democratic advances in the critical swing state.  ...
Democrats Get Their Donkey’s Handed To Them In New Jersey And Virginia — The Urban Grind
Via AP Conservative Republican Bob McDonnell beat R. Craig Deeds in the governor’s race. As for New Jersey, the AP has declared Chris Christie the winner of the governor’s race over Democrat Jon Corzine. The president had personally campaigned for Deeds and Corzine, seeking to ...
REPUBLICANS TAKE NEW JERSEY GOVERNORS RACE — THE COMMON PROGRESSIVE
Republicans have now won both of this years gubernatorial elections. First Virginia and then New Jersey. It was a tight and tangled race to the finish, but Republican candidate Chris Christie pulled through to the finish to become New Jersey's next Governor. The incumbent John Corzine was ...
REPUBLICAN BOB MCDONNELL WINS VIRGINIA GOVERNORS RACE — THE COMMON PROGRESSIVE
As expected, Republican candidate Bob McDonnell has won the race for the Governors seat in the state of Virginia. The Democratic challenger Creigh Deeds was lacking in both campaign skill and fundraising and had seen the race slip further and further away from him in recent months. Virginia ...
GOP Scores a Win in Virginia Governor’s Race — Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
A year ago, Virginia surprised the nation by skewing blue in the presidential election, handing Barack Obama a key win from below the Mason-Dixon Line. However, this trend didn’t extend into the 2009 gubernatorial race in the southern state, as the majority of Virginians voted in ...
Repub Wins Virginia Governor Race — Drudge Retort
CNN projects that Republican Bob McDonnell will win the race for governor in Virginia, reversing a trend of the state electing Democrats. McDonnell, the former state attorney general, will be the first Republican to win the state's highest office in 12 years.
Independents Are Key to McDonnell’s Virginia Victory — WSJ.com: Washington Wire
Susan Davis reports on elections. Republican Bob McDonnell won the Virginia governor’s race today against Democrat Creigh Deeds due, in no small part, to independent voters who swung behind the GOP. The reasons for the independent swing in Virginia are sure to be examined closely by ...
McDonnell wins Virginia — Home/News
Former Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell (R) is the governor-elect of the Commonwealth after winning a race focused on local issues, rather than national dynamics.
McDonnell (R) leads Deeds (D) for Governor in Virginia — AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth
Polls have closed in Virginia. MSNBC reports McDonnell leads in the Governor's race, but it's too early to call.
Republicans take Virginia governor race — Rantburg
Republican Robert F. McDonnell is off to a sizable early lead in the race for Virginia governor based on the early exit polls, but it is too soon to call the contest. Fox called it for the Publican at 8 pm with McDonnell leading almost 2-1... Lead by almost the same margins in lieutenant ...
Election Day Snapshot: Henrico County, Va. — WSJ.com: Washington Wire
Corey Dade reports on the governor’s race in Virginia. Republicans have tried to paint the Virginia governor’s race as a referendum on President Barack Obama , but some voters didn't see it that way. One Obama voter from 2008 summed it up this way: Democrat Creigh Deeds ran a ...
Light Turnout in Virginia for Closely Watched Governor Race — CNSNews.com Headlines
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.
Don’t get cocky, kid — Southern Appeal
The Republicans could be on the verge of a big day today. They are poised to sweep all the major races in Virginia and pick up double-digit seats in the state legislature. Doug Hoffman is looking strong in NY-23, and the New Jersey's governor race is still up in the ...
Today’s Elections And What They Mean For Obama — Below The Beltway
If Republicans sweep all three of the high-profile elections today, Virginia Governor, New Jersey Governor, and NY-23, we’ll no doubt hear much speculation on what that means for the Obama Administration. However, I don’t think that you can look at all three races as if they were ...
REDBLUE - Nash predicts Dems will go 0-3 in VA, NJ and NY tonight — Yall Politics
Tuesday Night & Back to the Future Not having any inside information, I fear 0-3 tonight in Virginia, New Jersey and NY-23. One can argue that Virginia has a history of switching party affiliations for its governor, but that's an excuse more than an explanation. And one can argue that ...
Is Bob McDonnell the Future of the GOP? — Politics Daily
FALLS CHURCH, Va. - The Republican Party stands to gain a new A-lister this week in Bob McDonnell, who ran his governor's race here with near-perfect temperament, focus, discipline and hair. It wasn't an interesting horse race, what with McDonnell ahead of Democrat Creigh Deeds by double digits ...
— Viking Pundit
New Jersey predictionTomorrow there are some off-year elections and it looks like the Virginia governor's race and NY-23 are in the bag. The only contest left is New Jersey and the fight between incumbent governor Jon Corzine and Republican challenger Chris Christie. This campaign has been ...
SurveyUSA Predicts A Blowout In Virginia — Below The Beltway
One final poll of the Virginia races: Three months ago, when SurveyUSA began polling on the Virginia Governor race, Republican Bob McDonnell led Democrat Creigh Deeds by 15 points. Today, 3 months and 7 polls later, McDonnell leads by 18 points, essentially unchanged over the last three ...