Bob McDonnell Archive

  • ELECTION RESULTS

    ELECTION RESULTS

    Election results as provided by the Virginia State Board of Elections

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  • Both Gubernatorial Candidates Against Gay Marriage, Mason Responds

    Both Gubernatorial Candidates Against Gay Marriage, Mason Responds

    By Mason Votes Staff Writer Ethan Vaughan Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell has a long history of championing conservative positions on social issues like gay marriage, but with Democratic opponent Creigh Deeds stating his belief marriage is “between a man and a woman,” the campaign...

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  • Mason Economist: Republicans Have Advantage in Upcoming Election

    Mason Economist: Republicans Have Advantage in Upcoming Election

    By Mason Votes Staff Writer Ethan Vaughan Citing what he called “the worst economic downturn since at least 1982,” George Mason University economics Professor Bryan Caplan said that Republican candidates would likely have a slight advantage over Democratic and Independent candidates going into the 2009...

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  • Mason Women: McDonnell Thesis Hurtful

    Mason Women: McDonnell Thesis Hurtful

    By Mason Votes Staff Writer Ethan Vaughan George Mason University women have reacted negatively to Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell penning a 1989 thesis in which he criticized feminists and homosexuals and said that women who worked outside the home were “detrimental to society.” McDonnell...

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  • Political Minute Sept. 21-25

    Political Minute Sept. 21-25

    This week's political news in 60 seconds

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  • Submit Your Questions to VA Gubernatorial Candidates

    Submit Your Questions to VA Gubernatorial Candidates

    Gubernatorial candidates Creigh Deeds (D) and Bob McDonnell (R) will be taking audience-submitted questions in an event sponsored by ABC7, POLITICO and YouTube. Students in particular are being encouraged to submit a question and vote for submission. Those submissions will be answered by the candidates...

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  • Deeds and McDonnell Duel in Fairfax

    Deeds and McDonnell Duel in Fairfax

    By Mason Votes Director Christian Smith Virginia gubernatorial candidates Bob McDonnell (R) and Creigh Deeds (D) debated transportation, taxes, gay adoption rights and social issues this morning in McLean, Va. Throughout the debate, McDonnell tried to define himself as a friend of business, women and...

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  • McDonnell Drops F-Bomb

    McDonnell Drops F-Bomb

    By Mason Votes Director Christian Smith In a WTOP interview last Friday, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell dropped the F-bomb. “I’m going to find other ways to be able to fund transportation. I’ve outlined 12 f–king funding mechanisms that are creative, that are entrepreneurial,” said...

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  • McDonnell Master’s Thesis Causes Big Stir

    McDonnell Master’s Thesis Causes Big Stir

    9:09 p.m. Sunday’s Washington Post article detailing a Bob McDonnell thesis written in 1989 has caused a stir across the state. The paper, which was written for McDonnell’s master’s in public policy and law degree, was titled “The Republican Party’s Vision for the Family: The...

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  • Biography of Bob McDonnell

    Biography of Bob McDonnell

    Website Campaign Finance Tracking Twitter Feed Bob McDonnell, 55, is the republican candidate for Governor of Virginia. According to his campaign website, McDonnell was raised in Fairfax County, graduated from Notre Dame in 1976 with a degree in management on a ROTC scholarship. He entered...

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