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Political geography: The Virginia governor's race

Politically speaking, Virginia is many states - a liberal north, a conservative west, a balanced southeast and pockets of Republicans and Democrats through the center. Here is a look at the dynamics of the governor's race.

SOURCE: Staff reports | Graphic/The Washington Post - November 3, 2009

This Story Contests serve as warning to Democrats: It's not 2008 anymore Article \| Off-year elections can be notoriously unreliable as predictors of the future, but as a window on how the political landscape may have changed in the year since President Obama won the White House, Tuesday's Republican victories in Virginia and New Jersey delivered clear warnings for the Democrats. ELECTION '09: GOP reclaims Virginia ATTORNEY GENERAL: Cuccinelli's sound win rounds out GOP sweep Lieutenant governor: Bolling defeats Wagner, holds on to No. 2 post Now, the hard part: Continuing to straddle the center and the right NORTHERN VIRGINIA: Strategy proves critical in quest for suburban votes LOCAL VA. RACES: Fairfax backs school bonds; Fisette reelected in Arlington KAINE'S LEGACY: Governor's agenda flagging, but not ratings Virginia elects a new governor : Election 2009: Va. and N.J. governor races, Va. attorney general race, NY-23, gay marriage in Maine, More Raw video: Va. Gov. candidate McDonnell votes Northern Virginia voters hit the polls early Full coverage: Virginia and Maryland elections 2009 8 things: A poll watcher's guide to the Virginia election Political geography: The Virginia governor's race Final push in Va. race for governor Virginia exit poll		TOOLBOX E-Mail This Save/Share + Digg Facebook Reddit Twitter myspace SOURCE: Staff reports \| Graphic/The Washington Post - November 3, 2009 ¬es=Politically speaking, Virginia is many states - a liberal north, a conservative west, a balanced southeast and pockets of Republicans and Democrats through the center. Here is a look at the dynamics of the governor's race." onclick="if ( typeof otto != 'undefined' ) { }" onmouseover="changebg2('delicious')" onmouseout="resetbg2('delicious')" target="new">del.icio.us SOURCE: Staff reports \| Graphic/The Washington Post - November 3, 2009 \'),\'newstrust\'+(new Date()).getMilliseconds(),\'dependent=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,alwaysRaised=yes,status=yes,directories=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,toolbar=yes,width=430,height=750,modal=no\'));ntw.focus();'" onclick="if ( typeof otto != 'undefined' ) { }" onmouseover="changebg2('newstrust')" onmouseout="resetbg2('newstrust')">NewsTrust Stumble It! COMMENT 0 Comments Your browser's settings may be preventing you from commenting on and viewing comments about this item. See instructions for fixing the problem. Discussion Policy CLOSE Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post. Who's Blogging » Links to this graphic		More on washingtonpost.com • More Politics News » washingtonpost.com
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