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Terry McAuliffe is an American businessman and politician who served as the 72nd governor of Virginia from 2014 to 2018. He was a member of the Democratic Party and held various leadership roles in the party, including co-chairman of President Bill Clinton’s 1996 reelection campaign and chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2001 to 2005. McAuliffe had an unsuccessful run for the Democratic nomination in the 2009 Virginia gubernatorial election, but won the 2013 gubernatorial election and later ran unsuccessfully for a non-consecutive second term in 2021.
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About the Terry McAuliffe
Terence Richard McAuliffeis an American businessman and politician who served as the 72nd governor of Virginia from 2014 to 2018. A member of the Democratic Party, he was co-chairman of President Bill Clinton’s 1996 reelection campaign, chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2001 to 2005 and chairman of Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign.
McAuliffe was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2009 Virginia gubernatorial election. In the 2013 gubernatorial election, after he ran unopposed in the Democratic primary, he defeated Republican Ken Cuccinelli and Libertarian Robert Sarvis in the general election. Due to Virginia law barring governors from serving consecutive terms, he was succeeded by his lieutenant governor, Ralph Northam. McAuliffe ran for a non-consecutive second term as governor in the 2021 gubernatorial election but narrowly lost to Republican nominee Glenn Youngkin.
Throughout McAuliffe’s term in office, the state had a Republican-controlled legislature and McAuliffe issued a record number of vetoes for a Virginia governor. Because of this partisan division, he was unable to achieve many of his legislative goals, principal among them Medicaid expansion, which was later enacted by Northam. As governor, McAuliffe focused heavily on economic development and restored voting rights to a record number of released felons. During his final year in office, he responded to the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, condemning the rally and calling for the removal of Confederate monuments from public spaces throughout Virginia; Northam began the removal of these monuments a few years later. McAuliffe left office with high approval ratings, though not as high as his immediate predecessors.
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Terry McAuliffe is an American businessman and politician who served as the 72nd governor of Virginia from 2014 to 2018. He is a member of the Democratic Party and has held various leadership roles in the party, including co-chairman of President Bill Clinton’s 1996 reelection campaign and chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2001 to 2005.
Terry McAuliffe was born on February 9, 1957.
Terry McAuliffe served as co-chairman of President Bill Clinton’s 1996 reelection campaign, chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2001 to 2005, and chairman of Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign.
Terry McAuliffe was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2009 Virginia gubernatorial election, but won the 2013 gubernatorial election. He later ran unsuccessfully for a non-consecutive second term as governor in the 2021 gubernatorial election.
As governor, Terry McAuliffe focused heavily on economic development and restored voting rights to a record number of released felons. He also responded to the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, condemning the rally and calling for the removal of Confederate monuments from public spaces throughout Virginia.
During his term as governor, the state of Virginia had a Republican-controlled legislature, and McAuliffe issued a record number of vetoes. This partisan division meant that he was unable to achieve many of his legislative goals, such as Medicaid expansion, which was later enacted by his successor, Ralph Northam.
3 Quotes by Terry McAuliffe
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Someone who lies about the little things will lie about the big things too.
Terry McAuliffeAmerican businessman and politician
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There is a visceral dislike of George Bush, and it’s going to bring these guys together.
Terry McAuliffeAmerican businessman and politician
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I invested in many companies, and I’m happy this one worked. This is capitalism. You invest in stock, it goes up, it goes down. You know, if you don’t like capitalism, you don’t like making money with stock, move to Cuba or China.
Terry McAuliffeAmerican businessman and politician