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Longest-serving Va. lawmaker, Putney, to retire

The longest-serving legislator in Virginia history, 84-year-old Del. Lacey Putney of Bedford, is retiring after 52 sessions in the Virginia General Assembly.

Tags: Lacey Putney, Virginia politics

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Can hard-right ideology win in a 50/50 state?

Tags: Virginia politics, Gov. Bob McDonnell, Ken Cuccinelli

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GOP voting bills aimed at party hegemony in Va

Virginia's not the only electoral battleground with a Republican-ruled legislature where President Barack Obama mopped up last year en route to re-election. But it is the first to act on an ambitious menu of Republican legislation aimed at preventing another Democratic triumph.

Tags: bob lewis, governor, Mark Warner, Bob McDonnell, Virginia politics

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Bolling's exit could create schism within Va. GOP

Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling's exit from the governor's race could tear a chasm within the Republican Party between conservatives and moderates just weeks after the party suffered disappointing losses at the polls and just ahead of next year's high-profile gubernatorial contest.

Tags: Virginia politics, Bill Bolling, Ken Cuccinelli

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Bolling says no to independent run for Virginia governor

A day after bowing out of the 2013 Virginia gubernatorial race, Lt. Gob. Bill Bolling questions the ability of the likely Republican nominee to serve in the state's highest office. Bolling also offered more hints at how he would continue to serve the state.

Tags: Bill Bolling, Ken Cuccinelli, Bob McDonnell, Republican Party of Virginia, hank silverberg, Virginia politics

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