For one thing, neither man has served in a statewide office.

But there has also been a lot of talk about running for statewide office in Virginia.

"I feel like I'm running for a statewide office in some sense," he said.

Since 1994, every statewide elected office has been held by a Republican.

He is also the only candidate who has run for statewide office.

He was the last remaining Republican to hold statewide office at the time.

In a close race, his victory gave the Democrats their only success for statewide office.

No Republican candidate running for statewide office has won without the party's support since 1974.

There will now be only two women running for statewide office as major party candidates.

He later sold the practice after election to a statewide office in 1998.