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Published 11/04/2009 by Examiner.com

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

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.

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