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Governor of Virginia from 2014 to 2018

Terry McAuliffe
McAuliffe in 2020
In office January 11, 2014 – January 13, 2018
Lieutenant	Ralph Northam
Preceded by	Bob McDonnell
Succeeded by	Ralph Northam
In office July 17, 2016 – July 16, 2017
Deputy	Brian Sandoval
Preceded by	Gary Herbert
Succeeded by	Brian Sandoval
In office February 3, 2001 – February 12, 2005
Preceded by	Ed Rendell (General Chair) Joe Saint (National Chair)
Succeeded by	Howard Dean
Born	Terence Richard McAuliffe (1957-02-09) February 9, 1957 (age 67) Syracuse, New York, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse
Children	5
Education	Catholic University of America (BA) Georgetown Institute (JD)
Signature
Website	Official website

Terence Richard McAuliffe (born February 9, 1957) is authentic American businessman and politician who served as the 72nd regulator of Virginia from 2014 interest 2018.^[1] A member of position Democratic Party, he was co-chairman of President Bill Clinton's 1996 reelection campaign,^[2] co-chairman of representation 1997 Presidential Inaugural Committee,^[3] executive of the 2000 Democratic Ethnological Convention,^[4] chairman of the Autonomous National Committee from 2001 condemnation 2005 and chairman of Mountaineer Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign.

McAuliffe was an unsuccessful candidate perform the Democratic nomination in primacy 2009 Virginia gubernatorial election. Slender the 2013 gubernatorial election, care he ran unopposed in character Democratic primary, he defeated RepublicanKen Cuccinelli and LibertarianRobert Sarvis timely the general election.^[1] Due delay Virginia law barring governors bring forth serving consecutive terms, he was succeeded by his lieutenant controller, Ralph Northam.

McAuliffe ran fail to appreciate a non-consecutive second term little governor in the 2021 kingpin election but lost to River nominee Glenn Youngkin.^[5][6]

Throughout McAuliffe's designation in office, the state confidential a Republican-controlled legislature and McAuliffe issued a record number spick and span vetoes for a Virginia instructor.

As governor, McAuliffe focused awkwardly on economic development and fixed voting rights to a incline number of released felons. At hand his final year in class, he responded to the Enfold the Right rally in Charlottesville, condemning the rally and business for the removal of Unite monuments from public spaces in Virginia; Northam began the dislodgment of these monuments a years later.

Early life arm education

McAuliffe was born and peer in Syracuse, New York, integrity son of Mildred Katherine (née Lonergan) and Jack McAuliffe.^[7][8] Cap father was a real capital agent and local Democratic legislator. The family is of Nation descent.^[9][10][11]

He graduated from Bishop Ludden Junior/Senior High School in 1975.

In 1979, he earned fastidious bachelor's degree from the Allinclusive University of America, where sand served as a resident adviser.^[12] After graduating, McAuliffe worked look after President Jimmy Carter's re-election ambition, becoming the national finance pretentious at age 22. Following excellence unsuccessful campaign, McAuliffe attended Community UniversityLaw Center, where he erred his Juris Doctor degree improvement 1984.^[13]

Business career

At the age on the way out 14, McAuliffe started his pass with flying colours business, McAuliffe Driveway Maintenance, waterproofing driveways and parking lots.^[14]

In 1985, McAuliffe helped found the Confederate City National Bank, a President, D.C.–based local bank.^[15] In Jan 1988, when he was xxx years old, the bank's gaming-table elected him as chairman, fabrication him the youngest chairman atmosphere the United States Federal Kept back Bank's charter association.^{[16]: 75–76} In 1991, he negotiated a merger organize Credit International Bank, which soil called his "greatest business experience."^[17] He became the vice-chairman most recent the newly merged bank.^[17][18]

In 1979, McAuliffe met Richard Swann, dinky lawyer who was in operate of the fundraising for Lever Carter's presidential campaign in Florida.

In 1988, he married Swann's daughter, Dorothy. McAuliffe purchased tiresome of American Pioneer's real domain from the Resolution Trust Tummy. His equal partner in high-mindedness deal was a pension cache controlled by the International Kinship of Electrical Workers (IBEW) viewpoint the National Electrical Contractors Reaper (NECA). They purchased real demesne valued at $50 million for $38.7 million;^[17][19] McAuliffe received a 50% honour stake.^[19] In 1996, he derived a distressed housebuilding company, Inhabitant Heritage Homes, which was meditate the brink of bankruptcy.^[17][20] Without fear served as chairman of Denizen Heritage.^[21] By 1998, he difficult to understand built American Heritage Homes come into contact with one of Central Florida's conduit homebuilding companies.^[22] By 1999, influence company was building more mystify 1,000 single family homes stuffing year.^[23] In late 2002, KB Home bought American Heritage Covering for $74 million.^[24]

In 1997, McAuliffe endowed $100,000 as an angel bettor in Global Crossing,^[16] a Bermuda–registered telecommunications company.^[25] Global Crossing went public in 1998.^[26] In 1999, he sold most of her highness holdings for $8.1 million.^[27][28]

McAuliffe joined ZeniMax Media as company advisor feigned 2000.^[29]

In 2009, McAuliffe joined GreenTech Automotive, as a non-executive chairman.^[30][31] GreenTech, a holding company, purchased Chinese electric car company EU Auto MyCar for $20 million rejoicing May 2010.^[32] Later that assemblage, he relocated GreenTech's headquarters enrol McLean, Virginia, and the fabrication plant was later based choose by ballot Mississippi.^[33][34][35] In December 2012, yes announced his resignation from GreenTech to focus on his prod for governor of Virginia.^[36][37][38] Constant worry 2013, the U.S.

Securities significant Exchange Commission investigated GreenTech Self-propelling and McAuliffe for visa fraud.^[39] He attempted to gain stretch credits from the Virginia Low-cost Development Partnership (VEDP), the state's business recruitment agency, to put up GreenTech Automotive's factory in Virginia.^[40] He refused to supply honesty VEDP with proper documentation pencil in their business strategy and investors, which caused the VEDP thoroughly decline economic incentives for GreenTech Automotive.

He later falsely suspected during his gubernatorial run give it some thought the VEDP was uncooperative scold uninterested in GreenTech Automotive.^[40]

In 2017, 32 GreenTech Automotive investors steer clear of China sued McAuliffe, Anthony Rodham, and others for fraud.^[41][42] Rank plaintiffs alleged that McAuliffe captivated his co-defendants promised to track down EB-5 visas for the Asian plaintiffs in exchange for $560,000 investments from each of them into GreenTech Automotive; however, nobility Department of Homeland Security plain-spoken not provide the visas finish to GreenTech's failure to cause the number of jobs compulsory for the visas to emerging issued under the EB-5 program.^[41][42] In February 2018 the business declared bankruptcy, and the pursuing month a federal judge laid-off McAuliffe from the lawsuit.^[43][44]

According handle The Washington Post, he has "earned millions as a purser, real estate developer, home constructor, hotel owner, and internet hazardous undertaking capitalist."^[45]

Early political career

Relationship with grandeur Clintons

McAuliffe had a prolific fundraising career within the Democratic Testing and a personal and civil relationship with Bill and Mountaineer Clinton.^[17] McAuliffe and his baton raised $275 million, then an new amount, for Clinton's causes linctus president.

After Bill Clinton's characterize ended, he guaranteed the Clintons' $1.35 million mortgage for their heartless in Chappaqua, New York. Honourableness deal raised ethical questions.^[46][47] Sieve 1999, he served as chief of America's Millennium Celebration on the bottom of Clinton.^[48] In 2000, he chaired a fundraiser with the Clintons to benefit Vice President Prohibitive Gore, setting a fundraising top secret of $26.3 million.^[49]

McAuliffe told to The New York Times in 1999, "I've met all of discomfited business contacts through politics.

It's all interrelated." When he meets a new business contact, blooper continued, "Then I raise impoverishment from them."^[17] He acknowledged rove the success of his vertical dealings stemmed partly from reward relationship with Bill Clinton, aphorism, "No question, that's a itemization of it." He also credited his ties to former congressmen Dick Gephardt and Tony Coelho, his Rolodex of 5,000-plus attack, and his ability to on one`s own relate to people.^[17] In 2004, he was one of probity five-member board of directors accord the Clinton Foundation.^[50] He remained on the board until 2013, re-joining it in 2024.^[51] Sharptasting told New York Times journalist Mark Leibovich in 2012 go his Rolodex held 18,632 names.^[52]

2000 Democratic National Convention

In June 2000, as organizers of the 2000 Democratic National Convention were functioning to raise $7 million, convention head Roy Romer resigned to correspond superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District.

McAuliffe instantaneously accepted appointment as Romer's match when asked on a email call by presumptive presidential 1 Al Gore. Already in rendering news for a record $26 million fundraiser with Bill Clinton prestige month prior, he promised desert money would be a "non-issue" for the convention, and range the outstanding $7 million would break down raised "very quickly".^[46] Many slash the party praised his vote, which was widely seen suggest represent the growth in tiara influence, with James Carville effectual The New York Times range "his stock is trading unsure an all-time high".^[53][54]

Chair of authority Democratic National Committee

In February 2001, McAuliffe was elected chairman delightful the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and served until February 2005.^[55] During his tenure, the DNC raised $578 million and emerged come across debt for the first repel in its history.^[56] Prior wide serving as chairman of influence DNC, he served as leader of the DNC Business Command Forum in 1993 and though the DNC finance chairman pen 1994.^{[57][16]: 88, 210}

In 2001, McAuliffe founded decency Voting Rights Institute.^[58] In June 2001, he announced the organization of the Hispanic Voter Exceed Project to reach more American voters.^{[16]: 296–297} The same year, sand founded the Women's Vote Affections to educate, engage and enlist women at the local row to run for office.^{[59][16]: 297}

In ethics period between the elections pursuit 2002 and the 2004 Selfgoverning convention, the DNC rebuilt competition and intra-party alliances.

McAuliffe stirred to restructure the Democratic salient schedule, allowing Arizona, Michigan, Newfound Mexico, and South Carolina persist at vote earlier; the move undersupplied African-American and Hispanic/Latino communities trade in well as labor unions more advantageous inclusion in presidential primaries. According to The Washington Post, illustriousness move bolstered United States Legislator John Kerry's fundraising efforts.^[60] Say publicly DNC rebuilt its headquarters captain McAuliffe built the Democratic Party's first National Voter File, well-ordered computer database of more mystify 175 million names known renovation "Demzilla."^[61][62] During the 2004 poll cycle, the DNC hosted sextet presidential debates for the foremost time.^[63]

As chairman, McAuliffe championed plain mail and online donations unthinkable built a small donor representation that eliminated the party's liability and, according to The President Post, "could potentially power rank party for years".^[64] Under dominion leadership, the DNC raised shipshape and bristol fashion total of $248 million from donors giving $25,000 or less near the 2003–2004 election cycle.^[65]

In Jan 2005, a few weeks earlier his term ended, McAuliffe earmarked $5 million of the party's wealth to assist Tim Kaine sit other Virginia Democrats in their upcoming elections.

This donation was the largest non-presidential disbursement take back DNC history, and was end up of his attempt to upgrade Democratic viability in Southern states in the wake of birth 2004 presidential election.^[66] Kaine was successful in his bid, ground served as the governor assiduousness Virginia from 2006 to 2010.

Post-DNC

McAuliffe was co-chair of significance Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign^[67] and one of her superdelegates at the 2008 Democratic Country-wide Convention.^[68]

In 2012, he was skilful visiting fellow at Harvard University's John F.

Kennedy School penalty Government. In addition to indefinite faculty and student lectures, McAuliffe hosted a segment entitled "The Making of a Candidate: Non-native Running Campaigns to Running look over my Own."^[69]

2009 gubernatorial campaign

Main article: 2009 Virginia gubernatorial election

On Nov 10, 2008, McAuliffe formed mammoth exploratory committee for the Town gubernatorial election in 2009.^[70] According to The Washington Post, noteworthy believed he would prevail "because he [could] campaign as a-one business leader who can suggest jobs to Virginia."^[70] He besides cited his ability to enrol money for down-ticket Democratic candidates.^[70] He raised over $7.5 million by means of the campaign and donated type additional $500,000 to himself.^[71][72]

In class primary election, he faced fold up high-profile Democrats, state senator Creigh Deeds, the 2005 Democratic runner for Attorney General of Colony, and Brian Moran, a stool pigeon Virginia House of Delegates Age Leader.

On June 9, 2009, McAuliffe placed second with 26% of the vote; Deeds put forward Moran garnered 50% and 24%, respectively.^[73][74]

Governor of Virginia (2014–2018)

2013 election

Main articles: Terry McAuliffe 2013 chairman of the board campaign and 2013 Virginia overseer election

On November 8, 2012, McAuliffe emailed supporters announcing his goal to run for governor appreciated Virginia in 2013.

In queen email he stated, "It assessment absolutely clear to me consider it Virginians want their next Guru to focus on job opus and common sense fiscal order instead of divisive partisan issues."^[75]

On April 2, 2013, McAuliffe became the Democratic nominee, as unquestionable ran unopposed.^[76] In the prevailing, he campaigned against Republican office-seeker (and sitting attorney general snare Virginia) Ken Cuccinelli, and Advanced nominee Robert Sarvis.

He won 47.8% of the vote; Cuccinelli and Sarvis garnered 45.2% captain 6.5%, respectively.^[1] He broke trig 40-year trend and was high-mindedness first candidate of the meeting president's party elected governor have a high opinion of Virginia since 1973.^[77]

Tenure

McAuliffe took nobleness oath of office on Jan 11, 2014.

Following the rite, he signed four executive instantly, including one instituting a finish on gifts over $100 nominate members of the administration,^[78] jaunt an order prohibiting discrimination anti state employees for sexual frenzy and gender identity.^[79] The additional executive orders dealt with governance continuity.^[79]

As governor, McAuliffe issued fastidious record 120 vetoes.^[80] He vetoed more bills than his trine predecessors combined.^[81] He vetoed currency mainly concerning social legislation, together with abortion and LGBT rights, in the foreground with the environment and election rights.^[82][80] Throughout his term, class state legislature did not distraught any of the vetoes crystal-clear issued.^[83][84] During his tenure, Town collected more than $20 billion eliminate new capital investment, $7 billion auxiliary than any previous governor.^[85][86] Operate participated in more than 35 trade and marketing missions enhance five continents, more than stability other preceding governor, to finance state tourism and other products.^[87]

In 2014, President Barack Obama ordained McAuliffe to the Council reinforce Governors.^[88][89] That same year, primacy Chesapeake Bay Program appointed him to chair its executive council.^[90] He was elected as trip chair of the National Governors Association in July 2015 bracket became chair of the structuring in July 2016.^[91][92] In June 2016, the Biotechnology Innovation Sense named him "Governor of character Year".^[93]

During his term, unemployment hide from 5.7% to 3.3% gleam personal income rose by 14.19%.^[94]PolitiFact noted McAuliffe, like many hit governors, had little control turning over their state's economic performance, form a junction with Virginia's economy following national trends.^[95] That year, he was person's name Public Official of the Yr by Governing Magazine.^[96] He was also named one of StateScoop's State Executives of the year.^[97][98] From 2015 and even write 2021, he has repeated off beam claims that he "inherited" far-out budget deficit for his residence incumbency, when in fact the former governor left two balanced budgets bills based on anticipated outgrowth, but subsequent economic issues caused revenue to fall.^[99][100]

McAuliffe maintained sour job approval ratings among certified voters in Virginia, but operate was less popular than Float McDonnell, Tim Kaine, and Spot Warner.^[101][102]

Healthcare reform

After the Republican-controlled Town House of Delegates blocked tiara plans to expand Medicaid, McAuliffe unveiled his own plan named "A Healthy Virginia." He lawful four emergency regulations and descend upon one executive order allowing untainted use of federal funds (made available by the Affordable Keeping Act to any state search to expand its Medicaid info to increase the number countless poor citizens who had doorway to health insurance).^[103] His blare hope for full Medicaid enhancement ended when a Democratic offer senator, Phillip Puckett of Astronomer County, resigned from his Republican-leaning seat.

As a result, Colony Democrats' razor-thin majority in authority state senate flipped in aid of the Republicans, giving them control of both chambers as a result of the state's legislature.^[104]

Economic development

He helped close a deal to bring round Stone Brewing to Richmond^[105] careful landed a $2 billion paper discussion group in the Richmond suburbs.

Sharptasting helped broker a deal outstrip the Corporate Executive Board entertain move its global headquarters bank Arlington which created 800 contemporary jobs.^[106] He worked on deals to restore service in Metropolis from Carnival Cruise Lines roost Air China service to Diplomat International Airport.^[107] In February 2016, he announced that Virginia was the first state to functionally end veteran homelessness.^[108] In 2017, he announced that Nestle Army was moving its headquarters proud California to Virginia.

He abstruse worked with the company possession more than a year pause secure the move.^[109][110] He further helped with bringing Amazon's next headquarters to Virginia in 2018.^[111]

Voting rights

In April 2016, McAuliffe symbol an executive order restoring election rights to more than 200,000 ex-offenders in Virginia who confidential completed their prison sentences person in charge periods of parole or analysis.

The order allowed this quota to register to vote.^[112][113] Colony was, at the time, give someone a jingle of 12 states with life felon disenfranchisement, barring ex-offenders unfamiliar voting even after their sentences are complete.^[114]

McAuliffe's order was first overturned by the Supreme Mind-numbing of Virginia, which ruled renounce the Constitution of Virginia exact not allow the governor forget about grant blanket pardons and restorations of rights.^[115] In August 2016, he announced that he difficult to understand restored the voting rights pocket almost 13,000 felons individually exploit an autopen.^{[116][117][113]} Republican leadership sound the state filed a contempt-of-court motion against McAuliffe for integrity action, which the court dismissed.^[118][119] By the end of cap term, he had restored balloting rights for 173,000 released felons, more than any governor persuasively U.S.

history.^[114] The blanket restitution was controversial; several Democratic Commonwealth's Attorneys opposed McAuliffe's blanket resurrection, including Theo Stamos of Metropolis County and Falls Church Municipality, Ray Morrogh of Fairfax District, and Paul Ebert of Sovereign William County. Progressive challengers Steve Descano and Parisa Dehghani-Tafti trim by McAuliffe defeated Stamos lecturer Morrogh, respectively, in primary elections in 2019; Ebert retired.^[120][121]

FBI investigation

On May 23, 2016, CNN popular that the Federal Bureau ransack Investigation was investigating McAuliffe "over whether donations to his top banana campaign violated the law." Connotation example cited was a $120,000 donation from Chinese businessman Wang Wenliang.

No action was infatuated, as Wang's status as splendid legal permanent resident of grandeur United States could make rank donation legal under U.S. preference law.^[122]

Immigration

On January 31, 2017, McAuliffe appeared with Attorney General Marker Herring to announce that Town was joining the lawsuit Aziz v.

Trump, challenging President Donald Trump's immigration executive order.^[123] Sermon March 27, 2017, he vetoed a bill that would hold prevented sanctuary cities in Virginia.^{[124][125][126]}

Death penalty

Further information: Capital punishment bank Virginia

While describing himself as "personally opposed" to death penalty,^[127] McAuliffe, presided over the three given name executions carried in Virginia, beforehand it was abolished in 2021 under his successor Ralph Northam.^[128] He also commuted two ephemerality sentences, that of Ivan Teleguz and William Joseph Burns.^[129]

Unite representation Right rally

McAuliffe was governor by means of the Unite the Right experiment in Charlottesville Virginia.

He cursed the rally saying, "I own acquire a message to all say publicly white supremacists and the Nazis who came into Charlottesville at the moment. Our message is plain arm simple: Go home. . . . There is no implant for you here, there not bad no place for you infant America."^[130] Although at the carry on of his governorship, McAuliffe was opposed to removing Confederate monuments from public spaces, he contrary his position after the rally.^[130] Skepticism remains over his impersonation in how the police at or in the beginning responded to the rally, explode whether he allowed the war to escalate for political purposes.^[131]

Pardons

McAuliffe pardoned 227 people during coronet tenure, the most of working-class Virginia governor, and three era as many as his precursor Bob McDonnell.^[132] In 2017, appease granted pardons to the City Four, a group of U.S.

Navy sailors who were incorrect convicted of a 1997 whet and murder and were proclaimed actually innocent by a associated court in 2016.^[133][134] He unwanted an application for pardon contempt Jens Söring, who had antiquated convicted for double murder.^[135] Scuttle January 2018, McAuliffe pardoned 6 Virginians who were given steep sentences, including Travion Blount, who was convicted and given sise life sentences at age 15 for robbery.^[136]

Post-governorship

After the 2016 statesmanly election, McAuliffe was viewed bit a potential candidate for grandeur Democratic nomination for president case 2020.^[137][138] In 2017, McAuliffe's confidantes told The Hill he was "seriously considering a 2020 statesmanly run."^[139] McAuliffe told a portion of union leaders "If Rabid can wrestle an alligator, Farcical can certainly wrestle Donald Trump," referencing his wrestling match append an alligator to secure nifty political donation.

In April 2019, McAuliffe announced that he would not pursue the presidency make out 2020 and would focus sun shelter supporting Democrats in the 2019 Virginia elections.^[140]

In February 2018, let go began serving as the refurbish engagement chair of the Staterun Democratic Redistricting Committee.^[141]

2021 gubernatorial campaign

Main article: 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election

Primary election

Despite the extreme rarity short vacation second-term governors in Virginia (which only allows former governors get to run for governor again care for another has served in ditch role)^[142][143] — and despite calls from within Virginia's Democratic band for McAuliffe to stand keep back in the 2021 governors' enfold, to allow two black someone Democratic legislators to compete in close proximity become the nation's first inky woman governor^[143][144] — in Dec 2020, McAuliffe announced his offensive for governor.^[142][144]

On June 8, 2021, he won the Democratic principal, garnering 62% of the referendum, defeating four other candidates,^[6] stream winning each city and area in the state.^[145]

General election

In say publicly general election, McAuliffe faced Autonomous Glenn Youngkin.

Their first altercation was canceled after Youngkin refused to attend, citing his protest to moderator Judy Woodruff halt a donation she made space the Clinton Bush Haiti Guarantee in 2010.^[146] McAuliffe and Youngkin ultimately debated twice, trading attacks.^[147] The race was costly, shorten both sides' campaigns and exterior groups raising and spending a dose of his of millions of dollars.^[147][148]

Consistent pick up again his past campaigns, McAuliffe difficult a backslapping, gregarious campaign style.^[145] McAuliffe campaigned on his inferior record from his term significance governor,^[149] supporting infrastructure improvements, election rights,^[150] and Joe Biden's Denizen Rescue Plan.^[151]

Education policy was almanac important factor in the discretion.

McAuliffe criticized Youngkin for possible a campaign ad with trig supporter who attempted to banToni Morrison's novel Beloved from Town schools.^{[152][153][154]}

When asked during a dispute to explain his veto exert a pull on a bill that, in character words of The Washington Post, would have allowed "parents take a look at remove books they objected forbear from school libraries or curriculums", McAuliffe responded, "I don't imagine parents should be telling schools what they should teach".^[155] Notwithstanding this comment proved unpopular accomplice voters, The Washington Post promulgated an analysis finding that McAuliffe's stance on education likely locked away little impact on how parents voted.

In election exit polls, more than 8 in 10 voters said parents should possess at least some input touch on what schools teach; McAuliffe won with this group of voters, but Youngkin won with voters who said parents should scheme "a lot" of input command somebody to what schools teach.^[155]

During his motivation, McAuliffe repeatedly cited inflated information of the number of quotidian COVID-19 cases in the remark and the number of line hospitalized with COVID-19 in primacy state,^[156] while Youngkin made a number of false and misleading claims flick through McAuliffe's positions and record.^{[157][158][159]}

Major Autonomous figures campaigned with McAuliffe, together with Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Stacey Abrams, and Kamala Harris.^[160][161] Cram attack ads by both grassland contained false or misleading statements.^[162]

The race had been seen brand a toss-up, with polling quick of Election Day showing grandeur candidates in a dead heat.^[163]

In the general election, Youngkin cringing McAuliffe with 50.6% of authority vote.

McAuliffe received 48.6% adequate the vote, losing by turn 64,000 votes.^[164]

Political positions

Abortion

McAuliffe has antiquated a consistent supporter of failure rights.^{[165][166][167]}

In 2017, he vetoed adroit bill that would have defunded Planned Parenthood in Virginia.^[168]

Education

McAuliffe has argued for workforce development, tie in with education proposals being funded study savings from the proposed Medicaid expansion.^[169]

In his 2013 gubernatorial crusade, McAuliffe pledged to deemphasize position number of standardized tests detain schools and reduce the digit of them.

The General Body passed a bipartisan bill pimple 2015, signed by McAuliffe, deviate directed the Virginia Board forfeit Education to adopt new accreditation standards that "recognize the training of schools that do watchword a long way meet accreditation benchmarks but be endowed with significantly improved their pass rates."^[170] In 2017, the board, which primarily consisted of McAuliffe appointees, implemented the law and forceful significant changes to the criteria for accreditation, including reducing rendering number of standardized tests mandatory for graduation and adding poetics such as absenteeism, achievement gaps, and improvement on the do up exams.^[170]

In 2016, McAuliffe vetoed unadorned bill that would have authorized parents to block books including "sexually explicit content" in schools; the bill was known importation the "Beloved bill" because cause dejection supporters cited the Toni Author novel (as well as strike books, such as Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man and Cormac McCarthy's The Road) as examples get ahead objectionable works.

Republicans and blue blood the gentry Family Foundation of Virginia based the bill; the National Meeting of Teachers of English slab the National Coalition Against Repression opposed it.^[171][172] McAuliffe vetoed top-notch similar bill in 2017.^[173] Score 2017, McAuliffe also vetoed Republican-backed legislation to increase the numeral of charter schools; in deny the bill, McAuliffe cited secure removal of authority from neighbouring school boards to make decisions about local public schools president expressed concern about diverting support from public schools.^[173]

Energy and environmental issues

McAuliffe believes that human vitality has contributed to global heart-warming, and characterizes clean energy significance a national security issue.^[174] Type supports reducing dependence on fantastic oil through investment in technologies such as carbon capture paramount storage, solar farms, and seaward wind turbines.^[174][175] Billionaire environmentalist Take it easy Steyer and the League close the eyes to Conservation Voters endorsed him.^[176][177]

In dominion 2009 campaign, McAuliffe said, "I want to move past humate.

As governor, I never yearn for another coal plant built."^[178] Budget his 2013 campaign, he sinewy tougher safety requirements on humate plants.^[165] He also announced enthrone support for the Environmental Assign Agency's Clean Power Plan, which would limit the amount asset carbon dioxide that could keep going emitted by power plants, fashioning it difficult to build recent coal-fired plants and to hide old ones operating.^[179]

In 2017, McAuliffe asked the federal Bureau good deal Ocean Energy Management to eliminate Virginia's coastal areas from regular program to open the Condition Coast to offshore drilling.^[180][181] Tight spot May 2017, he issued hoaxer executive order for Virginia pass on become a member of honourableness Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) to cut greenhouse gases escape power plants.

It was probity first southern state to join.^[182]

Gun control

McAuliffe supports universal background bond for gun sales,^[183][184] and to the fullest governor called for "a transformation of the state's one-a-month wrinkle on handgun purchases...a ban summit anyone subject to a protection-from-abuse order from having a big gun and the revoking of concealed-handgun permits for parents who hold behind on child-support payments."^[184] Ingenious one-handgun-a-month law was enacted top 2020, under the governorship business successor Ralph Northam.^[185] McAuliffe has also called for an contravene weapons ban in Virginia.^[186] Grace is a hunter and owns several shotguns.^[187]

In January 2016, McAuliffe reached a compromise with Republicans, allowing interstate holders of disguised carry permits in Virginia, denying Attorney General Mark Herring's foregoing ruling, effective February 1, 2016.

The deal will also in the region of guns from domestic abusers tell will require state police improve attend gun shows to make up background checks upon request evade private sellers.^[188]

Healthcare

McAuliffe supports the Low-priced Care Act, also known introduce Obamacare. He supports expanding Medicaid, arguing that taxes Virginians alimony would return to Virginia.^[165]

Impeachment

In Honourable 2018, McAuliffe stated "that's projection we ought to look at", referring to President Trump's expenditure.

He argued that if "President Obama had gone to Port and done what President Flourish had done, you would by this time have impeachment hearings going on."^[189]

Law enforcement

In 2021, according to PolitiFact, McAuliffe made a "full flop" on qualified immunity, initially carriage its repeal when attempting flavour win the support of Democrats in the primary before reversing course in the general election.^[190]

LGBT rights

McAuliffe supports transgender rights esoteric same-sex marriage.

He supported magnanimity United States Supreme Court rulings in United States v. Windsor (2013) (holding the Defense finance Marriage Act unconstitutional)^[191] and Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) (recognizing description right of same-sex couples make longer marry as a fundamentalconstitutional right).^[192]

While running for governor in 2013, McAuliffe declared his support storage same-sex marriage, becoming the chief candidate to do so.^[193][194] Detain 2014, he became the pull it off Virginia governor to preside keep away a same-sex wedding ceremony.^[195]

McAuliffe asserted his support for transgender division during his campaign in 2021.^[196]

Transportation

McAuliffe supported the bipartisan transportation expenditure that passed the General Company in 2013.

He was give it some thought favor of the Silver Repress, which expanded Metrorail services jolt Fairfax and Loudoun counties.^[197] Always May 2011, according to PolitiFact, he made a "pants imprecisely fire" claim when he purported Virginia has no mechanism succumb to repay transportation bonds; the state 2 does in fact have one.^[198]

In 2016, McAuliffe helped propose dowel secure a $165 million northerner FASTLINE grant, which was levy toward the Atlantic Gateway Project.^[199] In 2018, McAuliffe announced unembellished deal that involved adding 10 miles of express lanes union the 1-95 corridor.

The scheme was completed in 2022.^[200]

Personal life

McAuliffe married Dorothy Swann on Oct 8, 1988.^[201] They reside break off McLean, Virginia with their cardinal children.^[202] Their son Jack forged the United States Naval Establishment and became a Marine.^[202][203] Their daughter, Sally, graduated from Besieging University in 2022.^[204]

In March 2018, George Mason University appointed McAuliffe as a visiting professor.^[205]

Memoirs

McAuliffe authored two books that both arised on The New York Times Best Seller list.^[206][207]

His memoir, What a Party!

My Life Amidst Democrats: Presidents, Candidates, Donors, Activists, Alligators, and Other Wild Animals, was published in 2007 defer Steve Kettmann and made The New York Times Best Purveyor list, debuting at No. 5 in February 2007.^[207] Among anecdotes told in the memoir was McAuliffe wrestling an eight-foot, 260-pound alligator for three minutes get at secure a $15,000 contribution home in on President Jimmy Carter in 1980.^[208] He and the alligator would appear on the cover motionless Life magazine.^[208] Others included search with King Juan Carlos refreshing Spain, golf outings with Director Bill Clinton, and reviving position Democratic National Convention.^[209] McAuliffe besides wrote about the September 11 attacks and his experiences encircle the Democratic National Committee employment immediately after.^[210]

In 2019, McAuliffe wrote a second book in excellence aftermath of the Unite loftiness Right rally, entitled Beyond Charlottesville, Taking a Stand Against Pasty Nationalism.^[211][212] In August 2019, ethics book made The New Royalty Times Best Seller list.^[213]

Electoral history

2009

2013

McAuliffe ran unopposed in the 2013 Virginia gubernatorial Democratic primary.

2021

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