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HOPEFULS LINE UP FOR 2013 ELECTION
By JIM NOLANRichmond Times-Dispatch 11/22/2012Like the people who put up Christmas lights right after Halloween — or just leave them out all year — it’s never too early for Virginia politicians to prepare for the next election. Virginia and New Jersey are the only states that elect governors the year after a presidential election. Candidates from both major parties already are revving up their 2013 campaigns for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.