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A member of the Republican Party, McDonnell was elected governor of Virginia after using the campaign slogan "Bob's for Jobs." [1] He defeated Democratic state Senator Creigh Deeds by a 17-point margin in the 2009 general election, which was marked by the severe recession of the late 2000s.
McDonnell v. United States , 579 U.S. 550 (2016), was a United States Supreme Court case concerning the appeal of former Virginia Governor Robert F. McDonnell's conviction for honest services fraud and Hobbs Act extortion.
The 2013 Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 2013, to elect the governor of Virginia. The incumbent governor, Republican Bob McDonnell, was not eligible to run for re-election due to term limits established by the Virginia Constitution. Virginia is the only state that prohibits its governor from serving immediate ...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out Republican former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell's corruption convictions.
McDonnell won by just over 300 votes, in the same election in which Tim Kaine was elected Governor with 52% of the vote. The main themes of the election were the economy, transportation, and jobs . The first debate was in Hot Springs, Virginia on July 25.
Bob McDonnell served as Governor of Virginia from January 16, 2010, to January 11, 2014. Before serving as governor, McDonnell served as Virginia Attorney General from 2006 to 2010 and in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1992 to 2006.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin dropped a video inviting the Trump transition team and new administration members to ... The last Republican governor, Bob McDonnell, reappeared on the political scene ...
Governor Bob McDonnell was term-limited in 2013, as Governors of Virginia cannot serve consecutive terms. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli was the Republican nominee for Governor, after winning the nomination at Virginia's 2013 Republican Party convention. [14]