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  Virginia governor has Democrats buzzing
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Last EditedBrandonius Maximus  Jan 14, 2005 12:16pm
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News DateFriday, January 14, 2005 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionRICHMOND, Virginia (AP) -- Democratic Gov. Mark R. Warner was more than halfway through his single term in office before he even found his footing.

Now, all of a sudden, he is being mentioned for the Senate in 2006 and the White House in 2008.

The breakthrough came last year, when he prevailed against all odds and pushed a big tax overhaul -- and a big tax increase -- through the Republican-dominated Legislature, and still managed to look like a fiscal moderate. It was the first general tax increase in Virginia since 1986.

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