Bob McDonnell
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Robert F. McDonnell (born June 15, 1954 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a Republican politician and the current Attorney General of Virginia. He has also served in the Virginia House of Delegates for the City of Virginia Beach from 1992 to 2005. He and his wife, Maureen Patricia Gardner, have five children.
Bob McDonnell is a 1972 graduate from Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria, Virginia. He later received a B.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame in 1976. He went on to receive a M.B.A. from Boston University in 1980, and a M.A./J.D. from Regent University. McDonnell served in the U.S. Army for twenty-one years, and retired with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. McDonnell was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1992, and has held the positions of Assistant Majority Leader and Chairman of the Courts of Justice Committee. In addition, he served on the Committees on Health, Welfare and Institutions, and the Rules Committee.
In 2005, McDonnell ran for Attorney General of Virginia. The first result showed him with a victory of 323 votes, out of over 1.9 million votes cast, over opponent Creigh Deeds. Deeds went on to file for a recount, which began on December 20, 2005. After preliminary figures revealed 37 additional votes for McDonnell, Deeds conceded, giving McDonnell a 360 vote margin of victory.[1]
He was inaugurated on January 14, 2006, in Williamsburg along with Governor Tim Kaine and Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling.
Along with the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, the Attorney General is seen as one of two candidates in contention to replace the sitting Governor. Virginia Republicans anticipate McDonnell being a candidate for Governor in 2009, which would be the sixth consecutive time an elected Attorney General has run. He has also been mentioned as a candidate for the U.S. Senate if John Warner (the incumbent) retires.
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