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Tradition of AGs Stepping Down to Run for Governor Dates to 1950’s
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on December 21, 2018
Former Virginia Attorney General, Lindsay Almond (Credit: Library of Congress)
For the last 60 years, trying to move from the attorney general’s office to the governor’s mansion has usually meant stepping down — resigning from one office to focus on being elected to the other. Michael Pope has this look at the reasons why.
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