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  Virginia Senate panel proposes Cuccinelli for state Supreme Court
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Last EditedIndyGeorgia  Mar 08, 2016 10:30pm
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AuthorLaura Vozzella
News DateWednesday, March 9, 2016 01:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionRICHMOND — A Senate panel on Tuesday nominated former attorney general Ken Cuccinelli II to the Virginia Supreme Court, a move that could both keep Cuccinelli out of the 2017 governor’s race and deal a particularly bitter blow to Gov. Terry McAuliffe.

While the governor and the Republican-controlled legislature have been deadlocked for months over how to fill a vacancy on the state’s highest court, the nomination of Cuccinelli appeared to have enough support from GOP lawmakers to break the impasse.

Cuccinelli (R), who narrowly lost the 2013 gubernatorial contest to McAuliffe (D), seemed caught off guard. “I am humbled and honored to be considered for such a position, but it is not something that my wife and I have previously contemplated,” he said. “Together, we will prayerfully review this possibility.”

A tea party hero for the brash battles he waged as attorney general against abortion, Obamacare and other perceived examples of federal overreach, Cuccinelli is reviled with equal fervor on the left. Establishment Republicans have not been fans, either, and have expressed concern as Cuccinelli has publicly mulled a second gubernatorial bid.

Republicans and Democrats alike speculated that the nomination was aimed at cutting short that possibility — thereby avoiding a potentially divisive nomination contest with former Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie and others who have jumped in.
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