Summary
Voters elected Republican Bob McDonnell and Democrat Creigh Deeds to the General Assembly in the same year, 1991. For the next 14 years, the future candidates for Virginia governor were divided on the most contentious issues of the day. // Occasionally, Deeds, a conservative Democrat from a rural area, would vote alongside McDonnell and other Republicans - requiring the words "In God We Trust" to be displayed prominently in every school and increasing the penalty for killing a fetus.
F or the most part, though, the candidates' voluminous legislative records of almost 40,000 votes show a stark contrast in their philosophies, especially regarding social issues such as abortion and gay rights.See the full content of this document
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Records Apart Abortion ; Uf06c Gun Control; Uf06c Gay Rights; Uf06c Death Penalty
McDonnell supported bills that banned a procedure some of its opponents refer to as partial-birth abortion, required minors to obtain parental consent before getting an abortion and mandated a 2...
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