Bolling Drops Out of 2013 Race for Governor
Virginia's lieutenant governor made the announcement Wednesday morning.
Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling announced Wednesday that he is dropping out of the race for governor, likely to clear the way for Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia’s attorney general, to win the Republican nomination. “For the past seven years I have had the honor of serving as Virginia’s Lieutenant Governor and it had been my intention to seek the Republican Party’s nomination for Governor in 2013,” he said in a statement. “However, not everything we want in life is meant to be.” Bolling cited a change in the nomination process as his reason for dropping out. In the past, nominees were chosen in a statewide primary, but the 2013 candidates will be chosen at a party convention. “I reluctantly concluded that the decision to change the method of nomination …
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8:59 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
This is terribly sad but not that surprising. I was hoping that Bolling would somehow mount a challenge for the nomination as the thought of "Gov. Cuccinelli" really gives me the creeps. I hope the commonwealth doesn't take such a dramatic step backwards but history doesn't bode well for the Democrats in this election. more ›