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In Virginia, the top newsmakers to watch in 2013

In Virginia, the top newsmakers to watch in 2013 Associated Press Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 9:48 am, Sunday, December 23, 2012 The lame-duck lieutenant governor feels he was squeezed out of the Republican gubernatorial contest by his party's social conservatives and is among The Associated Press's 2013 Virginia newsmakers to watch in elections for three statewide offices and all 100 House seats. [...] there's McAuliffe's likely Republican adversary, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, who has endeared himself to Virginia's tea party movement by using his office the past 3½ years to take on such left-of-center bogeymen as Obamacare, the Environmental Protection Agency's clean air standards, a former University of Virginia climate researcher and college presidents who wanted to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation. After three years as the governor's economic development czar, Bolling shocked Capitol Square last week by announcing his opposition to uranium mining in Virginia, a venture that represents billions of dollars in profits for some of the state's most well-connected investors. In December, McDonnell debuted part of his education reform package that conditions state funding for a 2 percent pay raise for teachers, principals, librarians and teachers' aides on passage of legislation that makes it easier for school districts to fire underperforming teachers. In 2011, Cantor relished his role as President Barack Obama's designated foil when the government came within hours of exhausting its ability to borrow money to pay its bills and defaulting on its debts for the first time in U.S.

 

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