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Bob McDonnell

Bob McDonnell
Personal data
Date of birthJune 15, 1954(age 62)
Place of birthPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Birth nameRobert Francis McDonnell
Political partyRepublican Party
SpouseMaureen Gardner; 5 children
ResidenceExecutive Mansion
Alma materUniversity of Notre Dame
Boston University
Regent University
ProfessionAttorney at law
Military officer
ReligionRoman Catholic
Military service
Service/branchUnited States Army
Years of service1976 � 1997
RankLieutenant Colonel
UnitArmy Reserve (1981 � 1997)
71st Governor of Virginia
Assumed officeJanuary 16, 2010
LieutenantBill Bolling
Preceded byTim Kaine
Attorney General of Virginia
In officeJanuary 14, 2006 - February 20, 2009
GovernorTim Kaine
Succeeded byBill Mims
Preceded byJudith Jagdmann
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 's 84th district
In officeJanuary 3, 1992 - January 14, 2006
Succeeded bySal Iaquinto
Preceded byGlenn McClanan

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Robert Francis "Bob" McDonnell (born June 15, 1954) is an American politician who has been the 71st Governor of Virginia since January 2010. A former lieutenant colonel in the United States Army, McDonnell served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1993 to 2006 and served as Attorney General of Virginia from 2006 to 2009.

McDonnell was elected as the Governor of Virginia on the back of the campaign slogan, "Bob's for Jobs", defeating Democratic state Senator Creigh Deeds by a 17-point margin in a 2009 general election marked by the late-2000s recession. McDonnell was inaugurated on January 16, 2010, on the steps of the Virginia State Capitol to succeed Tim Kaine. He currently serves as chairman of the Republican Governors Association.

Since taking office, McDonnell has declared a Confederate History Month, successfully handed over two consecutive budget surpluses, and pushed for privatisation, extending a contract to outsource the state's computer operations and attempting to auction off the state's ABC liquor stores, and promoted offshore drilling for Virginia. He has sought to fund transportation improvements from non-traditional revenues sources including the proposal to auction-off liquor stores and establishing a toll booth at the Virginia-North Carolina border. He has used his amendatory veto power to restrict state funding for abortions.


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