The 2001 Virginia Attorney General election was held on November 6, 2001, to elect the next

attorney general of Virginia The attorney general of Virginia is an elected constitutional position that holds an executive office in the government of Virginia. Attorneys general are elected for a four-year term in the year following a presidential election. There are no ...

. The Republican nominee, Jerry Kilgore, defeated the

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nominee, Donald McEachin, by around 20 points.

General election

Candidates

* Jerry Kilgore (R) * Donald McEachin (D)

Results

References

Attorney General In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general or attorney-general (sometimes abbreviated AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. The plural is attorneys general. In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have exec ...

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Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the East Coast of the United States, Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography an ...

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