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Dick Davis (politician)

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Davis had the distinction of being the first Catholic elected to a statewide office in Virginia history. Davis would remain the only statewide Catholic elected in Virginia history until the 2001 Virginia General Elections, when
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won the attorney general's race. The elections of Kaine and McDonnell created a new record in Virginia history at that time: two Catholics elected to statewide offices.
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was elected lieutenant governor, the same office Davis once held. Four years later, in the 2005 Virginia General elections, history was made again when
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saw him win 8 of the 10 Congressional Districts composing Virginia in 1981; his statewide margin of victory over Republican state senator
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While Lieutenant Governor, Davis served in the executive branch with two fellow Democrats: Attorney General
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Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
Chuck Robb
Douglas Wilder
Democratic Party of Virginia
Alan Diamonstein
Larry Framme
Joseph T. Fitzpatrick
Owen B. Pickett
Mayor of Portsmouth, Virginia
Portsmouth, Virginia
Democratic
Alma mater
College of William & Mary
University of Virginia
United States
United States Marine Corps
Major
World War II
Korean War
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
Chuck Robb
Portsmouth, Virginia
1981 election as Lieutenant Governor
Nathan H. Miller
United States Senate
Paul S. Trible Jr.
Tim Kaine
Kaine
Bob McDonnell

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