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[[Image:000bobmcdonnell.jpg|right|150px|thumb|]]'''Robert F. "Bob" McDonnell''' (born June 15, 1954) is a former [[Lieutenant Colonel]] in the [[United States]] [[Army]] and a former U.S. prosecutor. He is currently the [[Republican]] nominee for [[Governor]] of [[Virginia]] in the 2009 election. Previously he served as state [[Attorney General]] from 2006-2009, before resigning to focus full time on his gubernatorial campaign. McDonnell's [[Democrat]] opponent is state Senator [[Creigh Deeds]], whom he defeated in 2005 for attorney general.

[[Image:000bobmcdonnell.jpg|right|150px|thumb|]]'''Robert F. "Bob" McDonnell''' (born June 15, 1954) is a former [[Lieutenant Colonel]] in the [[United States]] [[Army]] and a former U.S. prosecutor. He is currently the [[Republican]] nominee for [[Governor]] of [[Virginia]] in the 2009 election. Previously he served as state [[Attorney General]] from 2006-2009, before resigning to focus full time on his gubernatorial campaign. McDonnell's [[Democrat]] opponent is state Senator [[Creigh Deeds]], whom he defeated in 2005 for attorney general.

During his four years in the United States Army McDonnell ran a medical clinic in [[Germany]]. After marrying and raising a family, he graduated from Regent University in Virginia Beach in 1989 with a law degree and became a prosecutor in the Virginia Beach Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office. McDonnell was first elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1992, defeating a twenty-year incumbent. He would go on to be reelected seven times, and would rise to the position of Assistant [[Majority Leader]] and Chairman of the House Courts of Justice Committee. During his tenure he passed parental notification law for [[abortion]]s, drunk driving laws and legislation to abolish the death tax.  

Born in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] and raised in northern Virginia, he attended the [[University of Notre Dame]] on an [[ROTC]] scholarship. During his twenty-one years in the [[army]], McDonnell spent four years running a medical clinic in [[Germany]]. After marrying and raising a family, he graduated from Regent University in Virginia Beach in 1989 with a law degree and became a prosecutor in the Virginia Beach Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office. McDonnell was first elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1992, defeating a twenty-year incumbent. He would go on to be reelected seven times, and would rise to the position of Assistant [[Majority Leader]] and Chairman of the House Courts of Justice Committee. During his tenure he passed parental notification law for [[abortion]]s, drunk driving laws and legislation to abolish the death tax.  

As Attorney General McDonnell saw 83 of his 94 legislative proposals become law, including passing "[[Jessica’s Law]]" which established a 25-year mandatory minimum sentence for certain sexual predators who commit violent crimes against children.  

As Attorney General McDonnell saw 83 of his 94 legislative proposals become law, including passing "[[Jessica’s Law]]" which established a 25-year mandatory minimum sentence for certain sexual predators who commit violent crimes against children.