Ken Cuccinelli To Forgo 2014 Senate Run

Ken Cuccinelli To Forgo 2014 Senate Run
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RICHMOND, VA -- NOVEMBER 5: Ken Cuccinelli II, Virginia Republican Gubernatorial candidate, concedes the race in at the downtown Marriott Hotel in Richmond, Virginia, on Tuesday, November 5, 2013. (Photo by Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

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Before You Go

Ken Cuccinelli Through The Years
(01 of09)
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Republican gubernatorial candidate, Virginia Attorney General, Ken Cuccinelli, center, answers questions from the media after the Virginia Bar Association convention debate at the Homestead in Hot Springs, Va. Saturday, July 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) (credit:AP)
(02 of09)
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli, left, gestures during a debate with Democratic challenger Terry McCauliffe, right, during the Virginia Bar Association convention debate at the Homestead in Hot Springs, Va. Saturday, July 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) (credit:AP)
(03 of09)
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FILE - In this May 18, 2013 file photo, Virginia Republican Gubernatorial candidate, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli speaks in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File) (credit:AP)
(04 of09)
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Gubernatorial candidate and current Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, center, pauses his speech to supporters while an airplane makes its way down the runway at the Roanoke Regional Airport Monday, May 20, 2013 in Roanoke. (AP Photo/The Roanoke Times, Kyle Green) (credit:AP)
(05 of09)
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Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli speaks after his nomination as the Republican candidate for governor of Virginia at the Virginia Republican convention in Richmond, Va. on Saturday, May 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) (credit:AP)
(06 of09)
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FILE - In this Thursday, June 28, 2012 file photo, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli gestures as he talks about the Supreme Court decision on the Health Care law during a news conference in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File) (credit:AP)
(07 of09)
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney stands between Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, right, and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell as he campaigns at Electronic Instrumentation and Technology in Sterling, Va., Wednesday, June 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (credit:AP)
(08 of09)
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Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, gets choked up as he announces the exoneration of Thomas Hanesworth, left, during a press conference in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. Haynesworth spent 27 years in prison for two 1984 sexual assault convictions. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) (credit:AP)
(09 of09)
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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell speaks during a ceremony on Friday, April 16, 2010 at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., marking the third anniversary of the shootings at Virginia Tech, where 32 people plus the shooter died. State Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, left, listens. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) (credit:AP)