# Virginia Gubernatorial Election

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-gubernatorial-election/669647>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [September 25, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-gubernatorial-election/669647 "2013-09-25T15:24:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-gubernatorial-election/669647/21 "2013-09-26T01:54:09Z")

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Y’know, an active pro wrestler running for governor would be even better.

[Here’s another good list to draw potential candidates from](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093773/).

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-gubernatorial-election/669647/22 "2013-09-26T02:18:01Z")

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> [@Bricker](#):
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> Essentially an accident of history.

If anyone’s curious about the specifics, you can find them here:

[http://electls.blogs.wm.edu/2009/11/16/virginias-off-off-year-elections/](http://electls.blogs.wm.edu/2009/11/16/virginias-off-off-year-elections/)

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**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-gubernatorial-election/669647/23 "2013-09-26T16:12:33Z")

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I will certainly be holding my nose when I vote for McAuliffe. It’s an ugly campaign that appears to be 100% negative. Neither candidate can find anything good to say about themselves.

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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-gubernatorial-election/669647/24 "2013-09-26T16:20:01Z")

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It occurred to me today that we have come full circle. Cuccinelli is everything that Republicans feared JFK would be. A Catholic who seeks to impose his personal religious beliefs upon the populace through legal measures.

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