NM: Sen. Pete Domenici (R) to Retire Next Year

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Oh, and Virginia 2001, too—Earley.

[Sam Spade]

Should've known if I said something off the cuff like that, I was going to get shot down when I forget something obvious (again and again). 

[Adlai Stevenson]

Sorry to do it again, and I know its not recent history, but Virginia seems to have a tradition of not electing its Attorney Generals as Governor or to the Senate.  In 1978 John Warner defeated Andrew Miller 50%-50% to win his first term.