Anti-Women Exchanges Dominate Virginia Governor Campaign
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It’s a contest driven by caricatures.
The Virginia governor’s race, one of this year’s marquee U.S. political contests, features Democrats painting Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli as an anti-abortion rights extremist bent on banning the procedure even in cases of rape and incest. Cuccinelli allies portray his opponent, Terry McAuliffe, as an insensitive husband who left his crying wife and newborn in a car to attend a political fundraiser.