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Statement of House Minority Leader Ward Armstrong and Democratic Caucus Chair Ken Plum on the election of Bob McDonnell as the 71st Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia : "We congratulate Governor-elect McDonnell on his victory tonight and look forward to working with him on the important issues facing Virginia.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has created a committee to help ensure that all Virginians are counted in the 2010 census.

U.S.Navy Cmdr. Hung Ba Le is seen in front of his ship USS Lassen, off the Tien Sa Port in Danang, Vietnam , Saturday, Nov.

Flulike illness in the state appeared to decline last week, but deaths caused by the H1N1 flu continue to rise.

Southern Democrats who watched the trouncing of their party's gubernatorial nominee in Virginia this week are starting to worry that a rising anti-Democratic tide in the South may reverse their hard-fought gains from the last two national elections.

In separate and unrelated cases, three men pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to various charges related to the transportation, receipt and possession of child pornography.

Some Democrats take a hit, but it's not necessarily a trend. November 06, 2009 6:44 AM ODESSA AMERICAN Tuesday's election results may not signal that the Republicans are back as a party capable of putting together a winning national coalition, and the result in New York's 23rd congressional district might presage a bitter intraparty squabble.

Fourteen people have been charged with illegally purchasing 77 million contraband cigarettes from undercover agents in Virginia over the last year and smuggling them to New York.

The mass shootings at Fort Hood in Texas is not prompting any immediate security changes at most military installations in Virginia .

For the first time in eight years, Virginia has a Republican governor. Bob McDonnell garnered nearly 59 percent of the votes Nov.

A tractor-trailer car carrier struck a vehicle and came apart Thursday afternoon on Interstate 64 east on the Peninsula, backing up traffic in both directions, authorities said.

The Internal Revenue Service is looking for 2,200 Virginia taxpayers whose federal income tax refund checks, totaling more than $1.9 million were returned to the IRS by the U.S. Postal Service due to mailing address errors.

About 400 members of a Lynchburg-based Virginia National Guard battalion are being mobilized for a security mission in Iraq.

Supporters of federal protection for a 19-mile stretch of the New River haven't given up, even though the National Park Service has recommended against the action.

As the final votes were being counted, it was possible to draw some lessons from Republican Bob McDonnell's victory in Virginia and the close, three-way governor's race in New Jersey, never mind that White House press secretary Robert Gibbs has taken to saying that the elections don't mean much.

As a young Army lieutenant stationed in Germany, Bob McDonnell made the Guinness Book of World Records.

Republicans gained at least four seats Tuesday to strengthen their grip on the House of Delegates, but lost an influential delegate who has been embroiled in a scandal.

On the home page ofA the Washington Post website this morning, the headline for liberal columnist Ruth Marcus is "Ignore the hype." Inside the newspaper, it's "As for Virginia goes, not so much." Marcus advises that this GOP landslide is all some meaningless fairy tale: Advice to readers about the coming orgy of analysis about the New Jersey and ...

Here is Creigh Deeds' statement on election night: "I have said from the beginning that this election is about Virginia's future, about bringing opportunity, prosperity, and hope to every corner of the Commonwealth.

Close NOVEMBER 3, 2009 Outcomes in New York, New Jersey and Virginia Are Unlikely to Forecast Much About National Races in 2010, History Shows WASHINGTON -- Republicans appear positioned for strong results in three hard-fought elections Tuesday.