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Article: McAuliffe Declares Bid for Governor; Former DNC Chair Says He's Prepared
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- The Washington Post
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- January 4, 2009
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Former Democratic National Committee chairman and McLean
businessman Terry McAuliffe said yesterday that he has decided to
run for Virginia governor.
In a three-minute video e-mailed to supporters yesterday
afternoon, McAuliffe, 51, said a two-month tour of the state
convinced him that his business and political experience prepared
him to work on issues of concern to Virginians: creating jobs,
improving public schools and working toward energy independence.
McAuliffe did not mention his competitors in the June Democratic
primary, state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds of Bath County and former state
delegate Brian J. Moran of Alexandria. Instead, he sought to
contrast himself directly with the ...