George Allen (American politician)

George Felix Allen (born March 8, 1952) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party from the Commonwealth of Virginia. ^[1]

ABC News

ABC News is the news division of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), owned by the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company.

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Albemarle County, Virginia

Albemarle County is a county located in the Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Albertis Harrison

Albertis Sydney Harrison Jr. (January 11, 1907 – January 23, 1995) was an American politician and jurist.

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Alexandria, Virginia

Alexandria is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.

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Attorney General of Virginia

The Attorney General of Virginia is an elected constitutional position that holds an executive office in the government of Virginia.

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Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts (BA or AB, from the Latin baccalaureus artium or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, sciences, or both.

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Ballotpedia

Ballotpedia is a nonpartisan online political encyclopedia.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

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Bill Frist

William Harrison Frist Sr. (born February 22, 1952) is an American physician, businessman, and politician.

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Bob Marshall (Virginia politician)

Robert Gerald Marshall (born May 3, 1944) is an American businessman, author and politician, who was a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates who represented the 13th District.

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Breaks, Virginia

Breaks is a small unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, United States.

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Brogue shoe

The Brogue (derived from the Gaelic bróg (Irish), bròg (Scottish) "shoe") is a style of low-heeled shoe or boot traditionally characterised by multiple-piece, sturdy leather uppers with decorative perforations (or "broguing") and serration along the pieces' visible edges.

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Bruce Allen (American football)

Bruce Allen is an American football executive who is the current team president of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL).

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C-SPAN

C-SPAN, an acronym for Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network, is an American cable and satellite television network that was created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a public service.

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Capital punishment in Virginia

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Virginia.

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Center for Responsive Politics

The Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) is a non-profit, nonpartisan research group based in Washington, D.C., that tracks the effects of money and lobbying on elections and public policy.

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Charlottesville, Virginia

Charlottesville, colloquially known as C'ville and officially named the City of Charlottesville, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Chesapeake Bay Foundation

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) is a non-profit organization devoted to the restoration and protection of the Chesapeake Bay in the United States.

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Chicago Bears

The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois.

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Chuck Robb

Charles Spittal Robb (born June 26, 1939) is an American politician and former officer in the United States Marine Corps.

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Classes of United States Senators

The three classes of United States Senators are made up of 33 or 34 Senate seats each.

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Controversies of the United States Senate election in Virginia, 2006

The Controversies of the United States Senate election in Virginia, 2006 involved both Republican incumbent senator George Allen and Democratic opponent Jim Webb.

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Corey Stewart (politician)

Corey Alan Stewart (born August 1, 1968) is an American international trade attorney and politician currently serving his fourth term as at-large Chair of the Board of Supervisors of Prince William County, Virginia.

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Cowboy boot

Cowboy boots refer to a specific style of riding boot, historically worn by cowboys.

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D. French Slaughter Jr.

Daniel French Slaughter Jr. (20 May 1925 – 2 October 1998) was an American politician and member of the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 1985, until his resignation on November 5, 1991.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Don Beyer

Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. (born June 20, 1950), is an American businessman, diplomat and politician who has served as the United States Representative for since 2015.

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Dotdash

Dotdash (formerly About.com) is an American Internet-based network of content that publishes articles and videos about various subjects on its "topic sites", of which there are nearly 1,000.

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Douglas Wilder

Lawrence Douglas Wilder (born January 17, 1931) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 66th Governor of Virginia, from 1990 to 1994.

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E. W. Jackson

Earl Walker Jackson Sr. (born January 13, 1952) is an American conservative politician, Christian minister, and lawyer in Virginia.

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Earlysville, Virginia

Earlysville is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States, roughly north of Charlottesville.

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Elizabeth Dole

Mary Elizabeth Alexander Hanford "Liddy" Dole (born July 29, 1936)Mary Ella Cathey Hanford, "Asbury and Hanford Families: Newly Discovered Genealogical Information" The Historical Trail 33 (1996), pp.

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Ellen McCarthy

Ellen M. McCarthy is the director of the Office of Planning for the United States city of Washington, D.C..

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Falconry

Falconry is the hunting of wild animals in their natural state and habitat by means of a trained bird of prey.

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Football team

A football team is a group of players selected to play together in the various team sports known as football.

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Frank Wolf (politician)

Frank Rudolph Wolf (born January 30, 1939) is an American Republican former legislator who represented in the United States House of Representatives from January 1981 to his retirement in January 2015.

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Fred Thompson

Freddie Dalton Thompson (August 19, 1942 – November 1, 2015) was an American politician, attorney, lobbyist, columnist, film and television actor, and radio host.

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George Allen (American football coach)

George Herbert Allen (April 29, 1918 – December 31, 1990) was an American football coach in the National Football League and the United States Football League.

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George Will

George Frederick Will (born May 4, 1941) is an American political commentator.

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Glen Morgan Williams

Glen Morgan Williams (February 17, 1920 – November 4, 2012) was a United States federal judge.

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Governor of Virginia

The Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia serves as the chief executive of the Commonwealth of Virginia for a four-year term.

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GovTrack

GovTrack.us is a website developed by then-student Joshua Tauberer.

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IMDb

IMDb, also known as Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to world films, television programs, home videos and video games, and internet streams, including cast, production crew and personnel biographies, plot summaries, trivia, and fan reviews and ratings.

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Independent Greens of Virginia

The Independent Greens of Virginia, (also known as the Indy Greens), was the state affiliate of the Independence Party of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Institute for Energy Research

The Institute for Energy Research (IER) is a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit organization that conducts research and analysis on the functions, operations, and government regulation of global energy markets.

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Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act

The Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act,, is the current U.S. federal law that bans Internet taxes in the United States.

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Iowa

Iowa is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers to the west.

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Iowa caucuses

The Iowa Caucuses are quadrennial electoral events in which members of the Democratic and Republican parties in the U.S. state of Iowa meet to select delegates who will vote for their party's nominee in the United States presidential election at the party convention.

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Jeff Trandahl

Jeffrey Joseph Trandahl (born September 15, 1964) served as the thirty-second Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Jim Gilmore

James Stuart Gilmore III (born October 6, 1949) is an American politician and former attorney who was the 68th Governor of Virginia from 1998 to 2002 and Chairman of the Republican National Committee in 2001.

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Jim Olin

James Randolph Olin (February 28, 1920 – July 29, 2006) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Virginia.

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Jim Webb

James Henry Webb Jr. (born February 9, 1946) is an American politician and author.

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Joe Lieberman

Joseph Isadore Lieberman (born February 24, 1942) is an American politician and attorney who was a United States Senator for Connecticut from 1989 to 2013.

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John McCain

John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Arizona, a seat he was first elected to in 1986.

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John Warner

John William Warner (born February 18, 1927) is an American attorney and former politician who served as the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1972 to 1974 and a five-term Republican U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1979 to 2009.

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Juris Doctor

The Juris Doctor degree (J.D. or JD), also known as the Doctor of Jurisprudence degree (J.D., JD, D.Jur. or DJur), is a graduate-entry professional degree in law and one of several Doctor of Law degrees.

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Lewis F. Payne Jr.

Lewis Franklin (L.F.) Payne Jr. (born July 9, 1945) is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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List of Governors of Virginia

The following is a list of the Governors of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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List of United States Representatives from Virginia

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the commonwealth of Virginia.

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List of United States Senators from Virginia

Virginia ratified the United States Constitution on June 25, 1788.

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Lombroso

Lombroso, Lumbroso, Lumbrozo is a surname, derived from a Sephardi family, members of which lived in Tunis, Marseilles, and Italy.

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Los Angeles Rams

The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.

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Macaca (term)

Macaca (feminine) and macaco (masculine) are the Portuguese words for "monkey" (compare English macaque).

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Marshall Coleman

John Marshall Coleman (born June 8, 1942) is an American lawyer and Republican politician who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly during the 1970s.

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Marshall-Newman Amendment

The Marshall-Newman Amendment, also referred to as the Virginia Marriage Amendment, is an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia that defines marriage as solely between one man and one woman and bans recognition of any legal status "approximat the design, qualities, significance, or effects of marriage".

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Mary Sue Terry

Mary Sue Terry (born September 28, 1947) is a Democratic politician from Virginia.

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McGuireWoods

McGuireWoods LLP is a U.S. law firm with more than 1,100 lawyers in 23 offices across the United States and Europe.

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Metaphor

A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly refers to one thing by mentioning another for rhetorical effect.

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Mount Vernon, Virginia

Mount Vernon is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.

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National Football League

The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC).

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National Journal

National Journal is a research and advisory services company based in Washington, D.C. offering services in government affairs, advocacy communications and policy brands research for government and business leaders.

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National Republican Senatorial Committee

The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) is the Republican Hill committee for the United States Senate, working to elect Republicans to that body.

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Nelson County, Virginia

Nelson County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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New Hampshire primary

The New Hampshire primary is the first in a series of nationwide party primary elections and the second party contest (the first being the Iowa Caucuses) held in the United States every four years as part of the process of choosing the delegates to the Democratic and Republican national conventions which choose the party nominees for the presidential elections to be held the subsequent November.

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Newsweek

Newsweek is an American weekly magazine founded in 1933.

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NFL Network

NFL Network (occasionally abbreviated on-air as NFLN) is an American sports-oriented cable and satellite television network that is owned by the National Football League (NFL) and is part of NFL Media, which also includes NFL.com, NFL Films, NFL Mobile, NFL Now and NFL RedZone.

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Oliver North

Oliver Laurence North (born October 7, 1943) is an American political commentator, television host, military historian, author, and retired United States Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel.

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On the Issues

On the Issues or OnTheIssues is an American non-partisan, non-profit organization providing information to voters about candidates, primarily via their web site.

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Palos Verdes High School

Palos Verdes High School (PVHS) is one of three public high schools on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles County, Southern California, USA (the others being Palos Verdes Peninsula High School (formerly Rolling Hills High School) and Rancho Del Mar High School).

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Palos Verdes Peninsula

The Palos Verdes Peninsula (from Spanish Palos Verdes: Green sticks) is a landform and a geographic sub-region of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, within southwestern Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California.

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Polychlorinated biphenyl

A polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) is an organic chlorine compound with the formula C12H10−xClx.

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Presbyterianism

Presbyterianism is a part of the reformed tradition within Protestantism which traces its origins to Britain, particularly Scotland, and Ireland.

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PricewaterhouseCoopers

PricewaterhouseCoopers (doing business as PwC) is a multinational professional services network headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

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Pro Football Hall of Fame

The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame for professional American football, located in Canton, Ohio.

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Quarterback

A quarterback (commonly abbreviated "QB") is a position in American and Canadian football.

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Rancho del Cielo

Rancho del Cielo, also named Sky's Ranch or Heaven's Ranch, is a ranch located atop the Santa Ynez Mountain range northwest of Santa Barbara, California, United States.

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Rappahannock River

The Rappahannock River is a river in eastern Virginia, in the United States, approximately in length.

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Redistricting

Redistricting is the process of drawing electoral district boundaries in the United States.

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Regnery Publishing

Regnery Publishing is a conservative book publisher based in Washington, D.C. An imprint of Salem Media Group, it is led by president Marji Ross.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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Republican Party of Virginia

The Republican Party of Virginia (RPV) is the Virginia chapter of the Republican Party.

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Republican Revolution

The Republican Revolution, Revolution of '94 or Gingrich Revolution refers to the Republican Party (GOP) success in the 1994 U.S. midterm elections, which resulted in a net gain of 54 seats in the House of Representatives, and a pickup of eight seats in the Senate.

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Roll Call

Roll Call is a newspaper and website published in Washington, D.C., United States, when the United States Congress is in session.

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Ron Wyden

Ronald Lee Wyden (born May 3, 1949) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator for Oregon since 1996.

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Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.

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Salon (website)

Salon is an American news and opinion website, created by David Talbot in 1995 and currently owned by the Salon Media Group.

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Sephardi Jews

Sephardi Jews, also known as Sephardic Jews or Sephardim (סְפָרַדִּים, Modern Hebrew: Sefaraddim, Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm; also Ye'hude Sepharad, lit. "The Jews of Spain"), originally from Sepharad, Spain or the Iberian peninsula, are a Jewish ethnic division.

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Shenandoah River

The Shenandoah River is a tributary of the Potomac River, long with two forks approximately long each,U.S. Geological Survey.

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Shenandoah Valley

The Shenandoah Valley is a geographic valley and cultural region of western Virginia and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia in the United States.

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida.

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The Roanoke Times

The Roanoke Times is the primary newspaper in Southwestern Virginia and is based in Roanoke, Virginia, United States.

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The Virginian-Pilot

The Virginian-Pilot is a daily newspaper based in Norfolk, Virginia.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.

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Thomas J. Bliley Jr.

Thomas Jerome "Tom" Bliley Jr. (born January 28, 1932) is a United States Republican politician and former U.S. Representative from the state of Virginia.

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Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson (April 13, [O.S. April 2] 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.

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Tim Kaine

Timothy Michael Kaine (born February 26, 1958) is an American attorney and politician serving as the junior United States Senator from Virginia since 2013.

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Tunisia

Tunisia (تونس; Berber: Tunes, ⵜⵓⵏⴻⵙ; Tunisie), officially the Republic of Tunisia, (الجمهورية التونسية) is a sovereign state in Northwest Africa, covering. Its northernmost point, Cape Angela, is the northernmost point on the African continent. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia's population was estimated to be just under 11.93 million in 2016. Tunisia's name is derived from its capital city, Tunis, which is located on its northeast coast. Geographically, Tunisia contains the eastern end of the Atlas Mountains, and the northern reaches of the Sahara desert. Much of the rest of the country's land is fertile soil. Its of coastline include the African conjunction of the western and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Basin and, by means of the Sicilian Strait and Sardinian Channel, feature the African mainland's second and third nearest points to Europe after Gibraltar. Tunisia is a unitary semi-presidential representative democratic republic. It is considered to be the only full democracy in the Arab World. It has a high human development index. It has an association agreement with the European Union; is a member of La Francophonie, the Union for the Mediterranean, the Arab Maghreb Union, the Arab League, the OIC, the Greater Arab Free Trade Area, the Community of Sahel-Saharan States, the African Union, the Non-Aligned Movement, the Group of 77; and has obtained the status of major non-NATO ally of the United States. In addition, Tunisia is also a member state of the United Nations and a state party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Close relations with Europe in particular with France and with Italy have been forged through economic cooperation, privatisation and industrial modernization. In ancient times, Tunisia was primarily inhabited by Berbers. Phoenician immigration began in the 12th century BC; these immigrants founded Carthage. A major mercantile power and a military rival of the Roman Republic, Carthage was defeated by the Romans in 146 BC. The Romans, who would occupy Tunisia for most of the next eight hundred years, introduced Christianity and left architectural legacies like the El Djem amphitheater. After several attempts starting in 647, the Muslims conquered the whole of Tunisia by 697, followed by the Ottoman Empire between 1534 and 1574. The Ottomans held sway for over three hundred years. The French colonization of Tunisia occurred in 1881. Tunisia gained independence with Habib Bourguiba and declared the Tunisian Republic in 1957. In 2011, the Tunisian Revolution resulted in the overthrow of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, followed by parliamentary elections. The country voted for parliament again on 26 October 2014, and for President on 23 November 2014.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial and space warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States.

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United States congressional apportionment

United States congressional apportionment is the process by which seats in the United States House of Representatives are distributed among the 50 states according to the most recent constitutionally mandated decennial census.

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United States Department of Justice

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the U.S. government, responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice in the United States, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department was formed in 1870 during the Ulysses S. Grant administration. The Department of Justice administers several federal law enforcement agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The department is responsible for investigating instances of financial fraud, representing the United States government in legal matters (such as in cases before the Supreme Court), and running the federal prison system. The department is also responsible for reviewing the conduct of local law enforcement as directed by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. The department is headed by the United States Attorney General, who is nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate and is a member of the Cabinet. The current Attorney General is Jeff Sessions.

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United States House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

The Committee on Science, Space and Technology is a committee of the United States House of Representatives.

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United States House Committee on Small Business

The United States House Committee on Small Business is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives.

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United States House Committee on the Judiciary

The U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, also called the House Judiciary Committee, is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives.

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United States presidential election, 2008

The United States presidential election of 2008 was the 56th quadrennial presidential election.

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United States Secretary of the Navy

The Secretary of the Navy (or SECNAV) is a statutory officer and the head (chief executive officer) of the Department of the Navy, a military department (component organization) within the Department of Defense of the United States of America.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprise the legislature of the United States.

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United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

The United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is a standing committee of the United States Senate.

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United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

The United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources has jurisdiction over matters related to energy and nuclear waste policy, territorial policy, native Hawaiian matters, and public lands.

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United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

The United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is a standing committee of the United States Senate.

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United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

The U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship is a standing committee of the United States Senate.

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United States Senate election in Virginia, 2000

The 2000 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 7, 2000.

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United States Senate election in Virginia, 2006

The 2006 United States Senate election in Virginia was held November 7, 2006.

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United States Senate election in Virginia, 2012

The 2012 United States Senate election in Virginia took place on November 6, 2012, concurrently with the 2012 U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

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United States Senate elections, 2004

The United States Senate elections of 2004 were elections for one-third of the seats in the United States Senate which coincided with the re-election of George W. Bush as president and the United States House election, as well as many state and local elections.

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United States Senate elections, 2006

The United States Senate elections, 2006 were held on November 7, 2006, with all 33 Class 1 Senate seats being contested.

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University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public research university in the Westwood district of Los Angeles, United States.

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University of Virginia

The University of Virginia (U.Va. or UVA), frequently referred to simply as Virginia, is a public research university and the flagship for the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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University of Virginia School of Law

The University of Virginia School of Law (Virginia Law or UVA Law) was founded in Charlottesville in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson as one of the original subjects taught at his "academical village," the University of Virginia.

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Virginia

Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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Virginia gubernatorial election, 1993

Barred from seeking a second term due to Virginia's term limits restricting consecutive terms for governor, incumbent Democratic Governor L. Douglas Wilder was replaced by Republican nominee and former U.S. Congressman George Allen.

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Virginia gubernatorial election, 2009

The Virginia gubernatorial election of 2009 took place in Virginia on November 3, 2009.

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Virginia House of Delegates

The Virginia House of Delegates is one of two parts in the Virginia General Assembly, the other being the Senate of Virginia.

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Virginia Lottery

The Virginia Lottery is an independent agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Virginia's 10th congressional district

Virginia's Tenth Congressional District is a U.S. congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Virginia's 5th congressional district

Virginia’s fifth congressional district is a United States congressional district in the commonwealth of Virginia.

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Virginia's 6th congressional district

Virginia’s sixth congressional district is a United States congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Virginia's 7th congressional district

Virginia's 7th congressional district is a United States congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Virginia's 7th congressional district special election, 1991

A special election for Virginia's 7th congressional district was held on November 5, 1991 because the previous congressman D. French Slaughter Jr. had resigned due to a series of strokes.

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting.

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Washington Redskins

The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in the Washington metropolitan area.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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Whittier, California

Whittier is a city in Southern California located within Los Angeles County, California.

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Write-in candidate

A write-in candidate is a candidate in an election whose name does not appear on the ballot, but for whom voters may vote nonetheless by writing in the person's name.

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Xybernaut

Xybernaut Corporation is a provider of wearable / mobile computing hardware, software, and services.

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Young America's Foundation

Young America's Foundation (YAF) is a conservative youth organization, founded in 1969, whose mission is to ensure that "increasing numbers of young Americans understand and are inspired by the ideas of individual freedom, a strong national defense, free enterprise, and traditional values." In 2018 the Los Angeles Times called it "one of the most preeminent, influential and controversial forces in the nation’s conservative youth movement." Notable alumni members include Jeff Sessions, Stephen Miller and Tom Clancy.

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1990 United States Census

The Twenty-first United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 248,709,873, an increase of 9.8 percent over the 226,545,805 persons enumerated during the 1980 Census.

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401(k)

In the United States, a 401(k) plan is the tax-qualified, defined-contribution pension account defined in subsection 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Allen_(American_politician)

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