Lt. Gov. Bolling wins re-election;Cuccinelli wins AG

Republican Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling and his wife Jean Ann, left, waves to the crowd along at his victory party in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. Bolling won re-election over Democrat Jody Wagner.

By: The Associated Press | The News & Advance
Published: November 04, 2009

RICHMOND (AP) — Republican Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling has been elected to a second term, defeating former state finance secretary Jody Wagner.

Unofficial returns from Tuesday's election show Bolling easily turned back Wagner, who worked for the last two Democratic governors.

Bolling is the first lieutenant governor to run for re-election since Don Beyer in 1993. He is a former state senator from Hanover County and an insurance executive.

Wagner served as secretary of finance under Gov. Tim Kaine and state treasurer under former Gov. Mark Warner. She owns a gourmet popcorn shop in Virginia Beach.

The lieutenant governor is a part-time, $36,000-a-year job with two duties: presiding over the Senate and succeeding the governor.

Cuccinelli elected attorney general

Republican Sen. Ken Cuccinelli was elected attorney general tonight over Democratic Del. Stephen C. Shannon in a battle between two lawmakers from Fairfax County, according to unofficial returns.

Cuccinelli ran as a strict constructionist who pledged to protect the Virginia constitution and the state’s right-to-work law.
Shannon, a former prosecutor, focused his campaign on the top-cop aspect of the job by pledging to prosecute Internet predators personally if necessary. He attempted to paint Cuccinelli as a social crusader who would use the office as a platform to advance his personal agenda.