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Warner speaking now, pumping up the crowd.

He just said Byrne ran a principled fight...doesn't sound too upset that she lost.

He is talking a bit of trash to the Lt. governor for talking about the AG race as if it is over...but then again he (Bolling) didn't really say it was over, just that he expected the Republican guy to win (what he would be expected to say in the situation).

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CBS affiliate website update:

Governor -- 2,378 of 2,395 precincts reporting (99%)

Timothy M. Kaine 1,000,340 52% (X)

Jerry W. Kilgore 896,109 46%

H. Russell Potts Jr. 43,378 2%

Lieutenant Governor -- 2,387 of 2,395 precincts reporting (100%)

Bill T. Bolling 964,355 51% (X)

Leslie L. Byrne 934,184 49%

Attorney General -- 2,387 of 2,395 precincts reporting (100%)

Robert F. McDonnell 960,055 50%

R. Creigh Deeds 951,200 50%

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Did you live by UR or VCU? ;)

Makes a difference

No it does not. I grew up by VCU my entire life and went to RICHMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS as a white male (VERY much the minority)! Everything was fine and I learned a lot about myself and became much more ready for the real world then most of the people I know who grew up in the counties around Richmond or sheltered northern VA. I took the cities public education K-12 grade and now attend a top 50 school (go GW!) and so did a lot more people then you think.

Are there lots of problems? Yup – but its not this crazy jungle that people make it out to be so often.

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By the way, is there a link to Kaine's positions on major issues.

Link: http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1128767962113

Where do the candidates stand?

Kaine, Kilgore and Potts

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Sunday, November 6, 2005

TRANSPORTATION

All three candidates support locking the state's transportation trust fund and using surplus dollars for transportation, including this year's one-time infusion of $848 million. But they have different perspectives on how to pay for road projects and who should have a say in the decisions.

KAINE says the cornerstone of his plan is locking up the state's transportation trust fund to prevent the legislature or future governors from using the money elsewhere. He also wants to better connect land-use and transportation planning.

Improve interstates 81, 66, 95, 395 and the Capital Beltway.

Add a third crossing in Hampton Roads.

Extend rail to Washington Dulles International Airport.

Work toward building Coalfields Expressway in Southwest Virginia.

Not proposing a higher gasoline tax but doesn't rule it out.

May discuss new tolls; generally opposes new tolls on existing roads.

KILGORE favors giving regions referendum authority to vote on tax increases to pay for local transportation improvements.

Widen Interstate 66 and improve Interstate 81.

Add a Potomac River crossing and a third Hampton Roads crossing.

Make U.S. 460 more like an interstate.

Work toward building Coalfields Expressway in Southwest Virginia.

Opposes a higher gasoline tax to raise additional revenue.

Is "not averse" to new tolls.

Supports using the general fund to pay for transportation.

POTTS says all possible revenue sources are on the table. That includes tolls and tax increases, such as possibly raising Virginia's 17.5-cent-per-gallon gasoline tax.

Improve Interstate 66 inside and outside Beltway, add truck lanes to Interstate 81, create alternate routes to relieve pressure on Interstate 95.

Add a third Hampton Roads crossing.

Extend rail to Washington Dulles International airport.

Supports statewide system of tolls on interstates.

Proposes new fund for transportation while a lock on the existing trust fund is pending.

PUBLIC EDUCATION

All three candidates support the state's Standards of Learning and think Virginia's public K-12 system is in fairly good shape. They emphasize different elements in their plans to keep progress on track.

KAINE IDEAS

Make voluntary preschool available to all Virginia 4-year-olds.

Create a career and technical Governor's School.

Have regular teacher evaluations.

Support charter schools

KILGORE IDEAS:

Have a performance-based pay system for teachers.

Establish education tax credits of up to $500 per child for nontuition-related expenses.

Support grants to local school districts for construction and technology.

Support charter schools.

POTTS IDEAS:

Support vocational and technical education.

Establish two new "high-tech" high schools integrating science, technology and industry.

Support local school-board control of charter schools.

Encourage stronger relationship between high schools and community colleges.

HIGHER EDUCATION

All three candidates support increasing public-college spending by $340 million a year so higher education can meet state standards. Kaine and Potts supported last year's tax increase that helped boost higher-education funding; Kilgore opposed it.

KAINE IDEAS:

Expand public-college facilities.

Create a four-year college in Southside.

Help raise at least $1 million in private money for scholarships each year for students in such areas as medicine and law enforcement.

KILGORE IDEAS:

Increase state grants for enrolling in private colleges.

Foster new partnerships between existing colleges and community colleges.

Establish 100 full state scholarships to engineering students each year.

POTTS IDEAS:

Boost funding for community colleges and opportunities for high school students to earn credits at community colleges.

Create a four-year college in Southside.

ENVIRONMENT

All three candidates indicate they would like to spend at least $50 million a year to help clean up the Chesapeake Bay, but they have different plans for finding the money.

KAINE IDEAS:

Have a steady, or dedicated, source of money to clean the Chesapeake Bay.

Have a steady source of money to protect open lands.

Support congressional efforts to limit trash imports.

Develop regional solutions to suburban sprawl.

KILGORE IDEAS:

Find money in the state's general fund for bay cleanup.

Reward farmers and others who reduce pollution.

Establish a team to crack down on the worst polluters.

Support congressional efforts to limit trash imports.

POTTS IDEAS:

Find money in the state's general fund for bay cleanup.

Encourage mass transit and rail to reduce congestion and pollution.

Explore allowing for-profit operations such as lodges in state parks.

Look for ways to limit trash imports.

This story can be found at: http://www.richmondtimesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1128767962113

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Current results from the State Board of Elections:

Commonwealth of Virginia

November 8, 2005 General Election

These UNOFFICIAL RESULTS have not been certified and are subject

to change as data is corrected by the local electoral board.

This page will automatically refresh every two minutes.

Results last updated 12:07 AM Wednesday, November 9, 2005.

Office: Governor

Precincts Reporting: 2399 of 2426 (98.89%)

Registered Voters: 4,451,711 Total Voting: 1,936,092 Voter Turnout: 43.49 %

Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage

T M Kaine Democratic 1,001,929 51.75%

J W Kilgore Republican 890,220 45.98%

H R Potts Jr Independent 42,186 2.18%

Write Ins 1,757 0.09%

View Results by District Locality Total: 1,936,092

Office: Lieutenant Governor

Precincts Reporting: 2398 of 2426 (98.85%)

Registered Voters: 4,451,711 Total Voting: 1,897,865 Voter Turnout: 42.63 %

Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage

W T Bolling Republican 960,568 50.61%

L L Byrne Democratic 933,692 49.20%

Write Ins 3,605 0.19%

View Results by District Locality Total: 1,897,865

Office: Attorney General

Precincts Reporting: 2397 of 2426 (98.80%)

Registered Voters: 4,451,711 Total Voting: 1,894,209 Voter Turnout: 42.55 %

Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage

R F McDonnell Republican 947,455 50.02%

R C Deeds Democratic 945,161 49.90%

Write Ins 1,593 0.08%

View Results by District Locality Total: 1,894,209

Link: http://www.sbe.vipnet.org/

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Richmond Times Dispatch article:

Link: http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=Common%2FMGArticle%2FPrintVersion&c=MGArticle&cid=1128768027089ℑ=timesdispatch80x60.gif&oasDN=timesdispatch.com

Democrat Kaine wins

Attorney general race deadlocked

BY TYLER WHITLEY

TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

Wednesday, November 9, 2005

Updated at 11:20 p.m.

Democrat Timothy M. Kaine easily defeated Republican Jerry W. Kilgore for governor last night, dealing the GOP a harsh blow for a second consecutive gubernatorial contest.

The contest was also a defeat for President Bush, who put his prestige on the line Monday night by making an eleventh-hour campaign stop for Kilgore.

In a hallway at the Richmond Marriott last night, Kaine embraced his father-in-law former Republican Gov. Linwood Holton, and tears rolled down his cheeks.

"I'm about to bust," said Holton.

Kaine was declared the winner, according to unofficial returns, about 9:05 p.m.

The contest for attorney general was deadlocked.

Republican Bill Bolling, a state senator from Hanover, narrowly defeated Democrat Leslie Byrne in the race for lieutenant governor.

More than 85 percent of the votes had been counted. The turnout looked like it would exceed 2 million voters.

Kilgore was running behind his ticket mates in the early returns, but some of the larger Republican-leaning localities had not reported results.

State Sen. H. Russell Potts Jr., R-Winchester, who mounted an independent campaign for governor, was receiving only about 2 percent of the vote.

In a phone interview, Potts said he had no regrets.

"I took my best shot. Politics nowadays is so much about money," he said.

He said he hoped his campaign would move the Republican Party back to the center, away from "the free-lunch bunch and the people who obsess on social issues. I didn't win the battle, but eventually I will win the war."

If his few votes cost Kilgore the election, the Republican legislator said, so much the better.

"He ran the dirtiest, filthiest campaign in the history of Virginia politics." A late Kilgore mail piece appeared to come from Potts and seemed aimed at taking votes away from Kaine.

All six statewide campaigns waged expensive and negative battles into Election Day, working to mobilize their voters to turn out in the almost summerlike weather yesterday.

The election followed a campaign that featured more negativity than enlightenment. Kaine and Kilgore kicked off their campaigns by emphasizing property-tax relief, a hot-button issue in the spring when tax bills went out in many localities, but the issue did not catch on. Kaine then proposed expanding the state's preschool kindergarten program, while Kilgore proposed a tax break for the purchase of school supplies.

Both proposals got lost in a deluge of negative campaign commercials. Neither side wanted to take the risk of letting a negative commercial go unanswered, so both campaigns practiced the instant-response techniques of national political campaigns.

The underfunded Potts, meanwhile, could never gain traction. His proposal for a $2.5 billion transportation tax and toll plan may have turned off more people than it turned on, although few people probably learned about it.

With transportation looming as a possible big issue in the 2006 General Assembly session, Kaine and Kilgore proposed programs that would use surplus dollars from the general fund budget, rather than tax increases, for transportation improvements.

Kaine insisted that he would not raise taxes for roads until he was assured the transportation trust fund would be protected from General Assembly raids.

But he closed the campaign by talking more about controlling sprawl than paving roads.

Kaine wrapped himself in the coattails of popular Gov. Mark R. Warner, who is constitutionally barred from succeeding himself. Kilgore received help from his political mentor, U.S. Sen. George Allen, R-Va. On the last day of the campaign, President Bush flew into Richmond to address a huge rally at Richmond International Airport.

Bush hoped his late intervention would push Kilgore over the top and restore some of the political capital in Washington that he has lost in recent months. Kilgore was chairman of Bush's re-election campaign in Virginia last year, when the president carried Virginia by 8 percentage points.

A key moment in the race this year may have come in September, when the Kilgore campaign began running two ads in which relatives of murder victims talked about their pain and condemned Kaine for having defended death-row murderers.

Because of his faith, Kaine opposes the death penalty but says he will carry out death sentences because it's "the law." He fought against it as a civil-rights lawyer.

Because a majority of Virginians favor the death penalty, the Kilgore campaign thought Kaine's opposition might be fatal.

However, the ads may have backfired. Kaine was widely backed as a lawyer doing his legal duty in defending some death-row cases. Kaine fought back with commercials insisting that he would uphold the law.

Kilgore's reluctance to debate also became an issue in the campaign. He insisted that he would not share the same stage with Potts. Eventually, Kilgore and Kaine debated three times once in West Virginia, once in Fairfax County and in Richmond, the only one that was televised. Kilgore did so poorly in the debate before the Fairfax Chamber of Commerce that even some of his supporters questioned his abilities. Kaine debated Potts twice.

Despite record spending, the race remained static throughout the summer and fall, with polls showing neither Kaine nor Kilgore gaining ground.

As of Oct. 26, Kilgore had spent $20.6 million, Kaine $17.8 million and Potts $1 million. More than half was spent on television advertising.

In the end, the name-calling and one-upmanship had reached the point where the Kaine and Kilgore campaigns were fined by the State Board of Elections -- for the first time ever in a gubernatorial campaign -- for misleading and deceptive campaign fliers.

The negative advertising spilled down into the other statewide races. After taking a positive turn at first, Republican state Sen. Bill Bolling of Hanover County and former Democratic congresswoman Leslie L. Byrne of Fairfax County began hurling invective at each other. She called him corrupt, he called her liberal -- an epithet in many Virginia circles.

In the race for attorney general between Del. Robert F. McDonnell, a Virginia Beach Republican, and state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds, a Bath County Democrat, the race turned nasty and personal, each charging the other with being soft on sex offenders.

Kaine and Deeds had the benefit of winning their nominations without opposition. Byrne survived a four-way primary, while Bolling and McDonnell won expensive primary battles. Kilgore brushed aside a little-known competitor, Warrenton Mayor George Fitch, in the primary.

All primaries were notable for the poor turnout.

Kaine served on Richmond's City Council and then as Richmond's mayor before being elected lieutenant governor by a narrow margin in 2001. His wife, Judge Anne Holton of Richmond Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court, is a daughter of former Republican Gov. Linwood Holton.

Kilgore is a former federal prosecutor who was drawn into public service by Gov. George Allen, who made the 32-year-old Kilgore his secretary of public safety in 1994. He tried unsuccessfully to win the nomination to run for attorney general in 1997 but did well enough to make him the lone candidate for the nomination in 2001. He won an easy victory.

As soon as they were elected four years ago, Kaine and Kilgore began jockeying for the governorship.

Contact Tyler Whitley at (804) 649-6780 or twhitley@timesdispatch.com

This story can be found at: http://www.richmondtimesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1128768027089

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