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Ken Cuccinelli Election: Republican Faces Off Against Terry McAuliffe For Virginia Governor

Republican Faces Off Against Terry McAuliffe For Virginia Governor
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Senior Editor, Breaking News, HuffPost

Republican Ken Cuccinelli is battling against Democrat Terry McAuliffe to become Virginia's next governor.

Cuccinelli trailed McAuliffe in the final polls of the race before Election Day.

National issues have framed the final leg of the race, as RealClearPolitics' Caitlin Huey-Burns reports:

The battle for Virginia governor has taken on pronounced national overtones in its final hours, with each side positing the election as a referendum on one of two issues at center stage in American politics: the implementation of the health care law and the government shutdown last month.

Since neither candidate is particularly well liked by voters, each is hoping to bring down the other with an issue that has been problematic for the opposing party.

The RealClearPolitics polling average shows Democrat Terry McAuliffe leading Republican Ken Cuccinelli by 6.7 points on Election Day, challenging the commonwealth’s three-decades-long history of electing a governor from the opposite party of the president.

If McAuliffe is successful, Democrats will likely replicate his model in 2014 congressional races by pinning Republican opponents to the government shutdown and the polarizing figures behind it, primarily Sen. Ted Cruz.

Read more from RealClearPolitics here.

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Robert Bentley (R-Ala.)(01 of50)
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Bill Walker (R-Alaska)(02 of50)
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Took office: Dec. 2014Term ends: Jan. 2018 (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Doug Ducey (R-Ariz.)(03 of50)
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Took office: Jan. 2015Term ends: Jan. 2019 (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Asa Hutchinson (R-Ark.)(04 of50)
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Took office: Jan. 2015Term ends: Jan. 2019 (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Jerry Brown (D-Calif.)(05 of50)
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Took office: Jan. 2011Term ends: Jan. 2019 (credit:AP)
John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.)(06 of50)
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Took office: Jan. 2011Term ends: Jan. 2019 (credit:AP)
Dannel P. Malloy (D-Conn.)(07 of50)
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Took office: Jan. 2011Term ends: Jan. 2019 (credit:AP)
Jack Markell (D-Del.)(08 of50)
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Took office: Jan. 2009Term ends: Jan. 2017 (credit:AP)
Rick Scott (R-Fla.)(09 of50)
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Nathan Deal (R-Ga.)(10 of50)
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David Ige (D-Hawaii)(11 of50)
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Butch Otter (R-Idaho)(12 of50)
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Bruce Rauner (R-Ill.)(13 of50)
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Mike Pence (R-Ind.)(14 of50)
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Terry Branstad (R-Iowa)(15 of50)
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Sam Brownback (R-Kan.)(16 of50)
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Steve Beshear (D-Ky.)(17 of50)
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Bobby Jindal (R-La.)(18 of50)
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Paul LePage (R-Maine)(19 of50)
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Larry Hogan (R-Md.)(20 of50)
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Charlie Baker (R-Mass.)(21 of50)
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Rick Snyder (R-Mich.)(22 of50)
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Mark Dayton (D-Minn.)(23 of50)
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Phil Bryant (R-Miss.)(24 of50)
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Jay Nixon (D-Mo.)(25 of50)
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Steve Bullock (D-Mont.)(26 of50)
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Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.)(27 of50)
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Brian Sandoval (R-Nev.)(28 of50)
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Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.)(29 of50)
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Chris Christie (R-N.J.)(30 of50)
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Susana Martinez (R-N.M.)(31 of50)
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Took office: Jan. 2011Term ends: Jan. 2019 (credit:AP)
Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.)(32 of50)
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Pat McCrory (R-N.C.)(33 of50)
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Jack Dalrymple (R-N.D.)(34 of50)
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John Kasich (R-Ohio)(35 of50)
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Mary Fallin (R-Okla.)(36 of50)
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Kate Brown (D-Ore.)(37 of50)
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Tom Wolf (D-Pa.)(38 of50)
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Gina Raimondo (D-R.I.)(39 of50)
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Nikki Haley (R-S.C.)(40 of50)
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Dennis Daugaard (R-S.D.)(41 of50)
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Bill Haslam (R-Tenn.)(42 of50)
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Greg Abbott (R-Texas)(43 of50)
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Gary Herbert (R-Utah)(44 of50)
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Peter Shumlin (D-Vt.)(45 of50)
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Terry McAuliffe (D-Va.)(46 of50)
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Jay Inslee (D-Wash.)(47 of50)
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Earl Ray Tomblin (D-W.Va.)(48 of50)
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Scott Walker (R-Wis.)(49 of50)
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Matt Mead (R-Wyo.)(50 of50)
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