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Topic: Virginia (page 15)

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell delivers his State of the Commonwealth Address before a joint session of the Virginia General Assembly in the House chambers at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Monday, Jan. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Bob Brown, Pool) (AP)

Apologizing for downplaying slavery doesn't cut it

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Dem governors' association looks for positive spin

Republican Gov-elect Bob McDonnell, Republican Gov-elect Chris Christie, and Democratic Rep-elect Bill Owens

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Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell, smiles during a rally in Richmond, Va., Monday, Nov. 2, 2009.

The 23rd Congressional District, stretching from Oneida, Madison and Oswego counties to the Canadian border, is where the Republican Party wants to finally stop the blue wave that swept Democrats to power in the White House and Congress.
â¢ The Republican nominee and early frontrunner, state Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava, of Gouverneur, is trying to become the first woman to represent the region in Congress.
â¢ Plattsburgh lawyer and Air Force veteran Bill Owens is trying to become the first Democrat to hold the seat in about 150 years.

â¢ Doug Hoffman, a Lake Placid accountant who lives a few miles outside the district, is trying to become the first person in New York history elected to a House seat only on the Conservative Party line.
(AP/Heather Ainsworth) (Heather Ainsworth)

Left: Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate for New York's 23rd Congressional District, talks with Adirondack Daily Enterprise staff on Oct. 15, 2009. Right: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin

Thomas Schaller

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John Brown

Thesis blow-up tests changes in Virginia

Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidates Terry McAuliffe, Creigh Deeds and Brian Moran, from left, at a debate in April.

What the Virginia election results don't mean

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Thomas Schaller

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Black voters may lead Democratic wave

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