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GOP wins Va. gov race a year after Obama won state

November 3, 2009 By The Associated Press  BOB LEWIS (Associated Press Writer)

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Bob McDonnell wooed Virginia's independent voters Tuesday to win a landslide election for governor just a year after the state bucked tradition and voted for Barack Obama.

McDonnell, a conservative former state attorney general, had about 60 percent of the vote with most precincts reporting. He takes back the governor's office after eight years of Democrat control.

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