Virginia gubernatorial election, 2009
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Virginia gubernatorial election results map.
Red denotes counties/districts won by McDonnell. Blue denotes those won by Deeds. |
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The Virginia gubernatorial election of 2009 took place in Virginia on November 3, 2009. The incumbent Governor, Democrat Tim Kaine, was not eligible to run due to term limits established by the Virginia Constitution, though others in the state's executive branch were not restricted. (Virginia is the only state that prohibits a Governor from serving consecutive terms.) The election elected Republican Bob McDonnell as the next Governor, re-elected Bill Bolling as Lieutenant Governor, and elected Ken Cuccinelli as the next Attorney General of Virginia. The winners were inaugurated on January 16, 2010, and were scheduled to serve until January 11, 2014.
State Senator Creigh Deeds was selected as the Democratic nominee, having defeated former Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe and former state Delegate Brian Moran in the Democratic primary election. This was the first contested Democratic primary in two decades. Republican nominee McDonnell, a former state Attorney General, was selected at his party's nominating convention.
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