Press Releases
 | Virginia Women Respond to Latest Deeds Attack |
 | Today, women from across Virginia responded to Creigh Deeds’ latest backwards looking and divisive attack based on an article in yesterday’s Washington Post article regarding a decades-old academic paper by then-student Bob McDonnell. |
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| Virginia NFIB Endorses Bob |
 | NFIB/Virginia's membership: Nearly 6,000 Small Businesses all Across Virginia In Past 12 Days McDonnell Endorsed by: Virginia Farm Bureau Federation; Virginia Realtors; Virginia Credit Unions; National Federation of Independent Business |
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| Statement of Bob McDonnell on Passing of Senator Ted Kennedy |
 | Bob McDonnell, Republican gubernatorial nominee and former Attorney General of Virginia, issued the following statement today regarding the passing of Senator Ted Kennedy. |
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| McDonnell Airs “New Energy, New Jobs” Ad |
 | Bob McDonnell, Republican gubernatorial candidate and former Attorney General of Virginia, is expanding his general election television advertising tomorrow. McDonnell continues to drive home his positive message of new jobs and more opportunities across Virginia in his latest ad, "New Energy, New Jobs." |
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| Virginia Credit Union League Endorses Bob McDonnell |
 | The Virginia Credit Union League, a trade association representing the Commonwealth's 194 not-for-profit credit unions and the 3 million member-owners residing in Virginia, announced today that is has endorsed Bob McDonnell in his campaign for governor. |
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| McDonnell Calls on NEA and VEA to Drop Opposition to President’s Education Reform Efforts |
 | Bob McDonnell, Republican gubernatorial nominee and former Attorney General of Virginia, today called on the National Education Association, and the group's state affiliate, the Virginia Education Association, to drop their strident opposition to President Barack Obama's effort to enact real education reform, expand charter schools nationwide and implement performance pay for teachers and principals. |
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| Creigh Deeds: His Own Arguments Reject His Candidacy |
| Creigh Deeds continues, in every speech he makes and in every interview he gives, to peddle the fiction that every single dollar and dime in the General Fund is for education. This despite the fact that about 45% of the General Fund is for education. By Deeds' own logic and in his own words, he will divert millions upon millions from Virginia's schools with his various proposals that take general fund dollars. |
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| Creigh Deeds Attempts a “Do Over”...and Fails |
 | Creigh Deeds today attempted to gain a "Do Over" for his struggling campaign by promoting a "major" speech at George Mason University that would "lay out the themes" of the gubernatorial campaign. |
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| Statement of Bob McDonnell on Governor’s Announcement of $1.5 Billion Budget Shortfall |
| Bob McDonnell, Republican gubernatorial nominee and former Attorney General of Virginia, released the following statement today regarding the Governor's announcement of an additional $1.2 billion budget shortfall for FY 2010. |
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| McDonnell Endorsed by Virginia Realtors |
| Bob McDonnell, Republican gubernatorial nominee and former Attorney General of Virginia, was endorsed today by The Virginia Association of Realtors®, through its Realtor® Political Action Committee (RPAC). |
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| Statement of Bob McDonnell on Governor’s Postponement of HOT Lane Project in Northern Virginia |
 | Bob McDonnell, Republican gubernatorial nominee and former Attorney General of Virginia, issued the following statement regarding the Governor's postponement of the HOT Lane project planned for 95 and 395 in Northern Virginia. |
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| McDonnell Rolls out Sweeping Set of Proposals to Boost Virginia’s Film, Tourism Industries |
 | Bob McDonnell, Republican gubernatorial nominee and former Attorney General of Virginia, rolled out a sweeping set of proposals designed to boost Virginia's tourism, hospitality and film industries in a speech today at "Discovery Day", the annual celebration of the discovery of Luray Caverns. The Caverns were first discovered in 1868. This year marks the 131st Anniversary of the Virginia tourist attraction. |
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| McDonnell Endorsed by Virginia AgPAC: the Political Action Committee of the Virginia Farm Bureau Fed |
| Bob McDonnell, Republican gubernatorial nominee and former Attorney General of Virginia, was endorsed today by Virginia AgPAC, the political action committee of the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation. |
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| McDonnell Campaign Schedule for Saturday, August 15 |
 | Bob McDonnell, Republican gubernatorial nominee and former Attorney General of Virginia, will spend tomorrow, Saturday, August 15th, attending events in Loudoun County and Luray. In the morning he will stop-by the Loudoun County Victory Office walk rally and breakfast. Tomorrow afternoon he will unveil his tourism plan at the Luray Caverns 131st Anniversary Celebration. |
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| McDonnell Unveils Plan to make Wallops Island the Top Commercial Spaceport in America |
| Bob McDonnell, Republican gubernatorial nominee and former Attorney General of Virginia, traveled to the Eastern Shore today to tour the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at Wallops Island. Following the tour he unveiled his plans to further develop the Spaceport during a press conference at Wright’s Restaurant in nearby Atlantic. Joining McDonnell for the tour of the Spaceport were the heads of MARS and Orbital Sciences and community leaders from Accomack. |
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| New Study: Cap and Trade will Cost Thousands of Virginia Jobs |
| A new study commissioned by the American Council for Capitol Formation and the National Association of Manufacturers found that implementation of the federal Waxman-Markey bill, commonly known as Cap and Trade, would have a devastating effect on Virginia workers and families. |
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| McDonnell Unveils Public Safety Plan |
 | McDonnell Unveils Public Safety Plan: "Continuing the Commitment to Make Virginia a Safer Place to Work and Raise a Family" |
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| Big crowd turns out for McDonnell town hall meeting |
 | About 200 people gathered at the Institute for Advanced Learning & Research for an hour and a half question-and-answer session after McDonnell gave a few opening comments on his platform, focusing heavily on job creation and improving Virginia’s economy, especially in Southside. |
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| In the News: Virginia Newspapers on Deeds’ Desperate Abortion Attack |
 | The Richmond Times-Dispatch and Waynesboro News Virginian today both blasted Creigh Deeds for launching a divisive attack on abortion. |
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| McDonnell Focuses On Job Creation in Visit to Southside |
 | Bob McDonnell, Republican gubernatorial nominee and former Attorney General of Virginia, today unveiled a comprehensive plan to bring new jobs and more opportunities to rural Virginia. He announced his plans during a press conference held at Blue Ridge Aquaculture in Henry County, where the unemployment rate is 15.4%. |
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| McDonnell Embarks on Month Long “New Jobs, More Opportunities” Statewide RV Tour |
 | Bob McDonnell, Republican gubernatorial nominee and former Attorney General of Virginia, today announced his “New Jobs, More Opportunities” month-long statewide RV tour of Virginia. The tour kicks off Saturday, August 8th at the Patrick County Peach Festival in Stuart and ends on Labor Day, Monday, September 7th when the RV tour concludes with an appearance in the Buena Vista Labor Day Parade. |
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| Fact Check: The “Me Too” Candidate Rides Again! |
| Just 48 hours after agreeing with the head of the VEA as she made clear the group's determination to water down and impede the President's effort to expand charter schools in America, Creigh Deeds, the "Me Too" candidate for Governor, has once again changed positions to follow Bob McDonnell on yet another issue. |
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| Bob McDonnell on Deeds Opposition to Education Reform with Charter Schools and Performance Pay |
 | Bob McDonnell, Republican gubernatorial nominee and former Attorney General of Virginia, issued the following statement today regarding Creigh Deeds' apparent opposition to charter schools and performance pay for teachers and principals. |
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| Deeds Refuses Debate Compromise |
| Yesterday Bob McDonnell offered to compromise on the number of debates to be held in the Virginia gubernatorial campaign. |
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| McDonnell Campaign Offers Debate Compromise |
| The gubernatorial campaign of Bob McDonnell offered to compromise today with the campaign of Creigh Deeds regarding the general election debate schedule. |
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| McDonnell: Put “Virginia First” |
| Bob McDonnell, Republican gubernatorial nominee and former Attorney General of Virginia, today unveiled a wide array of proactive policies designed to make "Virginia First" in the effort to attract the good paying jobs of tomorrow. |
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| McDonnell Statement on Possible Guantanamo Trials in Virginia |
| Bob McDonnell, Republican gubernatorial nominee and former Attorney General of Virginia, responded this afternoon to breaking news from The Associated Press that the Department of Justice has referred dozens of cases involving detainees at Guantanamo Bay to federal prosecutors for possible criminal trials at three East Coast locations. One of the locations listed is the federal courthouse in Alexandria. |
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| Bob McDonnell to Participate in Online Video Chat with The Richmond Times-Dispatch Tomorrow |
| Bob McDonnell, Republican gubernatorial nominee and former Attorney General of Virginia, will participate in an online video chat with The Richmond Times-Dispatch tomorrow, August 4th at 2:00 p.m. The chat will stream live on the newspaper's website at: www.timesdispatch.com. |
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| They Said It: Education and Transportation |
| "Deeds' claim that McDonnell somehow robs education to pay for transportation is preposterous. As Bart Hinkle of our staff pointed out in a Friday Op/Ed column, if Deeds' logic is, well, logical then any general fund revenue that does not go to the schools implicitly 'diverts' money from education." |
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