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Bob McDonnell

CNN projects Republican Bob McDonnell will be next Virginia governor. The state trended Democratic in recent elections.

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Unofficial results in Virginia show Bob McDonnell defeating Democrat Creigh Deeds and returning a Republican to the governor's office for the first time in eight years. Ref. USAToday

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Pro-Life Gov Bob McDonnell to Head Republican Platform Committee

The Republican National Committee announced today that pro-life Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell will head the GOP platform committee that will draft the new party platform when Republicans from across the country gather for the national convention later this summer.

At the convention, which is expected to nominate Mitt Romney to take on pro-abortion President Barack Obama, Republicans will adopt another platform, which has been pro-life since 1980, when the Republican Party adopted a position supporting the Human Life Amendment. The platform stood in stark contrast to the pro-abortion plank Democrats approved.

Sen John Hoeven, a pro-life advocate from North Dakota, and Rep. Marsha Blackburn, a pro-life stalwart from Tennessee, will serve as Co-Chairmen of the platform committee. Jim Bopp, a leading pro-life attorney who serves as the legal counsel for the National Right to Life Committee, will lead the social issues panel within the platform committee. Ref. Source 9

Bob McDonnell History & Civil Business Politics

Indicted ex-Va. Gov. McDonnell: 'I did nothing illegal'

Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell spoke from Richmond on Tuesday, vowing to use use "Every available resource and advocate" That he has to fight "False allegations" And what he calls the federal government's overreach. McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, were indicted earlier Tuesday for illegally accepting gifts and loans from a political donor. Ref. USAToday

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Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and his wife have been found guilty on multiple counts in their political corruption trial, but not all charges.

McDonnell, a one-time rising star in the Republican Party with potential presidential ambitions, and his wife, Maureen, pleaded not guilty to 14 counts of fraud, making false statements, and obstruction. They were indicted in January after McDonnell left office following the lone term allowed under Virginia law. Ref. CNN

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A federal judge has sentenced former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell to two years in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for 11 convictions on public corruption charges.

His sentencing ends the dramatic downfall of the Republican governor once heralded as a rising star -- tapped to give the party's 2010 rebuttal to President Barack Obama's State of the Union, and a fixture on short lists for national office. Ref. CNN

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Ex-Va. Governor's wife sentenced to a year and a day for corruption

Maureen McDonnell, the wife of former Gov. Bob McDonnell, was sentenced Friday to a year and a day in prison after she and her husband were convicted for taking gifts and loans from a vitamin executive in exchange for favors. Ref. USAToday