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	Encyclopedia: Leslie Byrne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Leslie Byrne (born Salt Lake City, Utah, October 27, 1946) is the 2005 Democratic Party candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.
		Byrne served in the Virginia House of Delegates before being elected to the House of Representatives in 1992 from a district in the northern, suburban part of the state.
		Byrne has supported public/private partnerships for transportation, including the Dulles Greenway project when she was in the Virginia House of Delegates.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Leslie-Byrne (703 words)

	Byrne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An early Byrne immigrant was Moses Byrne, born in Liverpool in 1820.
		Leslie Byrne, the first woman voted to Congress from the state of Virginia.
		In entertainment, famous Byrnes include the Irish actor Gabriel Byrne and the RTE broadcaster Gay Byrne, who hosted the world's longest running chat show, The Late Late Show, from 1962 until 1999.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Byrne (237 words)

	South Of The James: Why I'm Voting for Leslie Byrne as Virginia's Next Lieutenant Governor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Leslie Byrne acknowledges being to the left of many Virginians, including folks like me. However, given the history of Virginia Democrats, Byrne's "liberalism" is actually in the mainstream of the national party and not far from many moderate and centrist officeholders outside of the Commonwealth.
		Byrne rightfully makes the case that Virginia needed this strong dose of bitter medicine if it is to adequately respond to the issues that arise.
		Byrne believes that state government must be labs of innovation because the federal government cannot be expected to fix the problems in our nation's system of health care, education and transportation.
	southofthejames.blogspot.com /2005/10/why-im-voting-for-leslie-byrne-as.html (1453 words)

	Falls Church News-Press
		Byrne defeated three opponents in the primary, touting her experience and courage to stand for core Democratic values, and was joined by what became, by virtue of her victory yesterday, her running mates for the November general election at a rousing victory rally at Falls Church's Aldo's Restaurant.
		Kaine, in his remarks hailing Byrne's victory Tuesday and the establishment of the slate for the November election, said the "battle lines could not be more clearly drawn." He said the three candidates on the GOP side were all opponents of efforts to exercise fiscal responsibility in the last two Richmond legislative sessions.
		Byrne campaigned on her experience and the fact that she had the courage to stand up for real Democratic values, a barely-disguised slap at two of her opponents, Peterson and Puckett, who voted with Republicans for some of the nation's most egregious laws discriminating against gays and lesbians.
	www.fcnp.com /515/byrne.htm (1330 words)

	The Cavalier Daily
		In a statement, Bolling called Byrne "far out of the mainstream" and said that her comment proves that she is "one of the most anti-business candidates to ever seek statewide office in Virginia," an odd accusation, considering that Byrne founded her own business in 1985.
		Although victory wouldn't give Byrne much in the way of formal power, these past few months have proved that she would use the office to advocate tirelessly for the causes that she believes in.
		Byrne dismisses criticism that she is "out of the mainstream," responding that people want straightforward answers on the "kitchen table" issues that directly affect their lives.
	www.cavalierdaily.com /CVArticle.asp?ID=23936&pid=1319 (741 words)

	DemocracyUpsideDown
		Leslie Byrne is quite simply, one of the most qualified candidates ever to run for Lt. Governor in Virginia.
		When Leslie Byrne served in the US House of Representatives, she was so highly regarded that she was elected the freshman caucus whip.
		Leslie Byrne is as affable as she is smart, as imaginative as she is practical and, most of all, a leader who listens.
	democracyupsidedown.blogspot.com /2005/11/simply-unparalleled-its-leslie-byrne.html (649 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Byrne
		Byrne, C. — of Raceland, Greenup County, Ky. Democrat.
		Byrne, Holt — of Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va. Republican.
		Byrne, Paul L. — of Chico, Butte County, Calif. Republican.
	politicalgraveyard.com /bio/byrne.html (880 words)

	Waldo Jaquith » On the Democratic Lt. Gov. candidates.
		Byrne is simply too liberal to win, and her bio doesn’t seem to hit the right notes electorally (she’s older, from NoVa, has lost her fair share of races, the party didn’t even want her to try again for the Senate when she was redistricted, and does the Clinton connection even help?).
		Byrne I’d dismiss simply because of her statement ‘Southwest Virginia doesn’t matter.’ While that may be true in terms of populations density, it matters very much to those of us who live here.
		Leslie is more a populist than a liberal, and as far as SW Virginia, her message of state jobs in phone banks being shipped to India instead of SW Virigina seems to be a fair point.
	waldo.jaquith.org /blog/2005/06/lt-governor-choice (3098 words)

	USIA Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Byrne was elected to Congress as the first representative from Virginia's 11th district and was the first woman elected to Congress from the Commonwealth of Virginia.
		Byrne was elected to the leadership position of Democratic caucus whip by her colleagues in the 103rd Congress.
		Byrne served in the Virginia House of Delegates.
	dosfan.lib.uic.edu /usia/usiahome/releases/byrne.htm (370 words)

	Leslie Byrne for Lt. Governor: Welcome to the Byrne for Lt. Governor Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Learn about Leslie's 20-year career and her vision for Virginia in this 5-minute biographical video.
		Watch Leslie Byrne's commercial, which highlights Bill Bolling's record of putting Big Insurance over the people of Virginia.
		Help put Leslie Byrne's experience to work for the Commonwealth by making a contribution.
	www.lesliebyrne.org (168 words)

	USIA Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Byrne will advise the Director on the Agency's Au Pair program, a federally regulated cultural exchange for young foreign students to experience life in the United States through home stays with American families.
		Byrne sponsored tax relief for the elderly and disabled, a $200 million rebate to taypayers, environmental preservation, and consumer protection.
		Byrne co-founded and was president of Quintech Associates, Inc., a project-based human resources consulting firm to the high-tech community.
	gopher.state.gov /usia/usiahome/releases/BYRNE.HTM (370 words)

	Bolling Ekes Out a Win Over Fairfax's Byrne
		Election returns showed that although Byrne did well in her home territory of Fairfax County, elsewhere in Northern Virginia and in urban areas such as Richmond, Bolling garnered an estimated 60 percent of the downstate vote and did well in outer counties such as Loudoun and Prince William.
		Byrne, 59, a Falls Church resident whose political career in the area has spanned two decades, said Bolling's fundraising prowess was a key to her defeat.
		Bolling sought to portray Byrne as a "mean-spirited" and "dishonest" liberal, while Byrne's ads depicted Bolling as a bobble-head doll, raising questions about his work as an insurance executive for a company whose top officials were later charged with fraud.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/08/AR2005110802026.html (862 words)

	Inside the Democratic LG Race
		Byrne is pushing aside the social issues for the '05 campaign and concentrating on legislative issues dealing with transportation and growth.
		But Byrne has a vigorous and distinctive record of public service in Virginia, as a delegate and state senator, along with her tenure as a congresswoman from the Northern Virginia region.
		Byrne is well known and admired for her proactive legislative abilities in those capacities.
	www.baconsrebellion.com /Issues05/01-31/Sisson2.htm (2173 words)

	The Greening of Congress '95 - The Planet July 1994 - Sierra Club
		Democratic Rep. Leslie Byrne, the first woman elected to Congress from Virginia, earned a 100 percent voting record in her first year in Congress.
		Byrne has emerged as a persuasive voice in the debate between unfettered growth and a high quality of life.
		Byrne's pro-development Republican opponent is expected to draw on a war chest of more than $1 million, largely supplied by wetlands developers and other proponents of suburban sprawl.
	www.sierraclub.org /Planet/199407/congress.asp (1993 words)

	TimesDispatch.com \| Byrne blasts Bolling in first TV ad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Byrne, a former state lawmaker and U.S. congresswoman from Fairfax, is making an issue of Bolling's employment at The Reciprocal Group, which went into bankruptcy and collapsed after a fraud case involving the insurance company's top executives.
		Byrne's 30-second ad shows a nodding bobblehead, which represents Bolling, surrounded by piles of money as the announcer says, "Bill was a well-paid insurance executive until his company went bankrupt and some executives went to jail.
		Byrne's television ad, the race's first, is appearing on network stations across the state except for the Washington market.
	www.timesdispatch.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1128767532268 (334 words)

	Creigh Deeds for Attorney General: In the News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		For this reason and others, former congresswoman Leslie Byrne is head and shoulders a better candidate than Bolling.
		Byrne is quick, smart, tough and a political pro - in the best sense of the term.
		On that basis, Leslie Byrne and Creigh Deeds deserve voter support for the offices, respectively, of lieutenant governor and attorney general.
	www.creighdeeds.com /php-bin/news/showArticle.php?id=63 (961 words)

	William J. Clinton Foundation "President Names Byrne to Direct Consumer Affairs Office at HHS"
		PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES LESLIE L. The President announced today his intent to appoint Leslie L. Byrne to be Director of the Office of Consumer Affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
		Leslie L. Byrne of Falls Church, Virginia, is currently a writer, lecturer and business consultant on political and governmental issues.
		Byrne was the first woman ever elected to Congress from the Commonwealth of Virginia.
	www.clintonfoundation.org /legacy/081596-president-names-byrne-to-direct-consumer-affairs-office-at-hhs.htm (232 words)

	The Progress-Index - News - 08/01/2005 - Intercultural campaigning Lieutenant governor hopeful makes stop at Petersburg ...
		PETERSBURG - Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Leslie Byrne brought her campaign to the Petersburg Sports Complex on Saturday, walking through the light crowd that was gathered for the city's second Intercultural Festival.
		Byrne believes the big differences between her and her opponent are her support for education and her fight to lower the cost of health insurance and prescription drug prices.
		Byrne is running with Democratic gubernatorial nominee Tim Kaine, who faces former Attorney General Jerry Kilgore in the election.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=14958338&BRD=2271&PAG=461&dept_id=462946&rfi=6 (463 words)

	Commonwealth Conservative » Leslie Byrne on Mark Warner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Byrne has branded Warner “Republican lite” and a throwback to “politics as usual.” She accuses him of mimicking her campaign positions.
		Leslie is a plurality nominee, and a radical, at that.
		Leslie may be a tough talking pol, but everyone knows where she stands.
	vaconservative.com /archives/2005/09/26/leslie-byrne-on-mark-warner (2070 words)

	DailyProgress.com \| 'Down ticket' races offer contrast
		Byrne and Bolling pounded away at each other as polar opposites - Byrne the most liberal statewide Democrat running and Bolling the most conservative Republican - willing to sound more bombastic than the lawyerly Deeds and McDonnell running, with a bit more mutual respect, for attorney general.
		Byrne, an unabashed Northern Virginia liberal who backs down from no one, is intent upon tarring Bolling with the scandal that shook his former employer of 20 years, the Reciprocal medical insurance company before it went into bankruptcy, whether or not evidence exists to directly tie Bolling to any wrongdoing.
		Byrne’s guilt-by-association tactic is a familiar one to the Republican conservative political operatives in the Bolling camp, who delight in lumping her with everything left of mainstream Virginia.
	www.dailyprogress.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=CDP/MGArticle/CDP_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031785262235&path=!news (800 words)

	Liberal Democrat Leslie Byrne on VA Right to Work law
		Byrne, a former member of Congress and the state senator from Fairfax, has been up front about her view, especially since the story of her comments came out late last week.
		Leslie Byrne has been known for introducing some bizarre legislation, such as making it illegal for you to fall asleep in front of your TV in your living room, or to allow your baby to nap in the kitchen while Mom prepares dinner.
		Byrne said that zoning ordinance has been difficult to enforce because inspectors have no way to prove that the people are not distant cousins, as they often claim.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1465108/posts (1614 words)

	Virginia House of Delegates 2005 Elections: A look back at 1997 and 2001
		Leslie Byrne is like Mark Earley, in that she will rout her regional opponent (Chap Petersen) in their shared base of Northern Virginia.
		Leslie Byrne gets the next best benefit, again with her Crusade endorsement, and close ties to McEachin.
		Leslie Byrne is well-placed politically, but not at all well-liked.
	virginia2005.blogspot.com /2005/06/look-back-at-1997-and-2001.html (1784 words)

	Weather went to extremes in 1905 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This is designed to improve children's attitude toward wholesome foods, as well as to enlarge their food experience.
		Byrne is a native of West Point in Hardin County and moved to Owensboro after graduating from Western Kentucky University in 2002 with a degree in history.
		Leslie Byrne's column runs every Tuesday on Region front.
	www.messenger-inquirer.com /news/kentucky/7957372.htm (825 words)

	Commonwealth Conservative » Leslie Byrne profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Leslie L. Byrne, a fixture in state politics who has competed for just about every office the state offers, is now running for the Democratic Party’s nomination for lieutenant governor.
		Byrne acknowledges making some enemies when she threatened to challenge caucus results that gave the nomination to the future governor.
		Byrne, she who was my congressman for one term.
	vaconservative.com /archives/2005/05/24/leslie-byrne-profile-2 (905 words)

	Raising Kaine » Leslie Byrne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Byrne has served in the Virginia House of Delegates for seven years, US Congress for one term, and the State Senate for four years.
		Leslie Byrne holds true to progressive values and has the experience to match it.
		Overall, Leslie Byrne believes that “Governing isn’t about finding fault, it is about finding solutions.” Elect her this November, so she can fight for our values, as well as for the well being of all Virginians.
	www.raisingkaine.com /leslie-byrne (293 words)

	Virginia House of Delegates 2005 Elections: Statewide Primaries (Democrats)
		Leslie Byrne will probably run strong here, but in the 8th district, the turnout will be more generated by the House candidates, with her benefiting from that then vise versa.
		Leslie Byrne is popular for the same reason Ken Cuccinelli is popular.
		A friend of mine once said to me that Leslie Byrne was drawn out of her Senate seat in the single greatest act of bipartisanship in the history of our Commonwealth.
	virginia2005.blogspot.com /2005/05/statewide-primaries-democrats.html (2749 words)

	Leslie Byrne for Lt. Governor: Leslie Byrne on the Issues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Leslie Byrne for Lt. Governor: Leslie Byrne on the Issues
		Whether it is the long commute back and forth from work, the education and care of a child, or being a care provider to a family member that is sick, these are not issues that are "politics," these are issues of how well we are able to live our lives.
		Leslie Byrne believes that Virginia's government should be about providing each and every person opportunity, fairness, and respect.
	www.lesliebyrne.org /site/PageServer?pagename=issues (152 words)

	Raising Kaine » Lt. Governor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Byrne and Bolling neck and neck, as are Deeds and McDonnell.
		Byrne, this race is about “a future for our children and grandchildren,” about “affordable and accessible health care,” about making sure that “getting to work isn’t a job in and of itself,” about bringing people together, and about continuing and the fine work that Mark Warner and Tim Kaine have begun the last four years.
		I spoke with Leslie Byrne and Creigh Deeds, neither of whom I had ever met before, and was very impressed with both.
	www.raisingkaine.com /category/lt-governor (7820 words)

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