Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Virginia gubernatorial election of 2013 took place on November 5, 2013, to elect the Governor of Virginia. The incumbent Governor, Republican Bob McDonnell, was not eligible to run for re-election due to term limits established by the Virginia Constitution. Virginia is the only state that prohibits its Governor from serving immediate successive terms.Three candidates appeared on the ballot for Governor: Republican Ken Cuccinelli, the Attorney General of Virginia; Democrat Terry McAuliffe, a businessman and the former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee; and Libertarian Robert Sarvis, a lawyer and businessman. McAuliffe won the election and was sworn in as Governor on January 11, 2014.In every Virginia gubernatorial election from 1977 to 2009, the political party of the President at the time lost the election, even when the state of Virginia had strongly voted for the President in question. However, this pattern was broken in the 2013 election, with McAuliffe's victory during Barack Obama's second term as president. The election also broke the winner takes the majority methodology, which dates back to the Civil Rights era.. }
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- Virginia_gubernatorial_election,_2013 abstract "The Virginia gubernatorial election of 2013 took place on November 5, 2013, to elect the Governor of Virginia. The incumbent Governor, Republican Bob McDonnell, was not eligible to run for re-election due to term limits established by the Virginia Constitution. Virginia is the only state that prohibits its Governor from serving immediate successive terms.Three candidates appeared on the ballot for Governor: Republican Ken Cuccinelli, the Attorney General of Virginia; Democrat Terry McAuliffe, a businessman and the former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee; and Libertarian Robert Sarvis, a lawyer and businessman. McAuliffe won the election and was sworn in as Governor on January 11, 2014.In every Virginia gubernatorial election from 1977 to 2009, the political party of the President at the time lost the election, even when the state of Virginia had strongly voted for the President in question. However, this pattern was broken in the 2013 election, with McAuliffe's victory during Barack Obama's second term as president. The election also broke the winner takes the majority methodology, which dates back to the Civil Rights era.".