Election 2005: How much do you know?

1) Which Republican candidate went door-to-door asking for votes– unlike his opponent who hardly bothered– but still suffered a dramatic loss?

2) Which former Charlottesville City Councilor will now represent the 57th district in the General Assembly?

3) Was voter turn-out higher in Charlottesville or Albemarle?

4) Which candidate for Albemarle's Board of Supervisors once worked in the Clinton administration?

5) Which group did not endorse Creigh Deeds: a) NARAL b) NOW c) NRA d) All of the above endorsed Deeds e) None of the above endorsed Deeds

6) Who ran the controversial ad stating that his opponent would not have given Adolf Hitler the death penalty?

7) Which candidates sport facial hair?

8) Which Republican candidate publicly admitted, "I was a regular at Saturday detention in high school."

9) What percentage of Charlottesvillians voted in favor of the elected school board?

10) Which Albemarle Board of Supervisors candidate is legally blind?

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Answer key:

1) Gary Grant

2) David Toscano

3) Albemarle with 51.1 percent of registered voters going to the polls vs. Charlottesville's 44.18 percent. Statewide turnout stood at 44.52 percent.

4) David Slutzky

5) D- the Virginia chapters of each of these organizations supported Deeds.

6) Jerry Kilgore

7) Tom McCrystal (walrus mustache); Slutzky (beard and mustache)

8) Rob Bell

9) 73 percent

10) Christian Schoenewald

Match the face to the elected post he will occupy:
 

Governor (Tim Kaine)
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Lt. Governor (Bill Bolling)

 
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Attorney General (Bob McDonnell and Creigh Deeds)

PHOTO FROM THE MCDONNELL WEBSITE

PHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO

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House of Delegates 57th District (David Toscano)

David Toscano

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House of Delegates58th District (Rob Bell)

 
Rob Bell
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Board of supervisors Jack Jouett District (Dennis Rooker)

 
Dennis Rooker
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Board of SupervisorsRio District (David Slutzky)

 
PHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO