Election Day 2013: What happened, and what it all means

USA Today: Terry McAuliffe ekes out victory in Virginia

Democrat Terry McAuliffe won the Virginia governor's race, squeaking by Republican Ken Cuccinelli with the help of voters in the predominantly blue Washington suburbs. McAuliffe's victory in the key swing state was an affirmation of his strategy to portray Cuccinelli, the state attorney general, as a Tea Party champion who is too extreme for Virginia.

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