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Sunday, November 4, 2012

Photos: Bob McDonnell, Tagg and Ben Romney Visit Hope Chinese School

The Virginia governor and sons of Mitt Romney visited students and their parents during a swing state visit focused on getting out the Asian-American vote.

Gov. Bob McDonnell visited Hope Chinese School with Tagg and Ben Romney, sons of Gov. Mitt Romney, Sunday afternoon in an effort to court Asian-American voters ahead of the election on Tuesday. McDonnell and the Romney sons met with around 75 students and their parents, taking photos, signing Romney/Ryan stickers and accepting gifts from students during the visit. Hope Chinese School staff also gave McDonnell backpacks and other supplies to donate toward Hurricane Sandy relief. McDonnell told the crowd that Romney believes deeply in religious and political freedom and spoke about Romney's commitment to getting young people back to work and getting the country out of debt. "I'm supporting Mitt Romney partly because he's a great leader. He's…

Friday, November 2, 2012

McDonnell, Romney Sons Make Last-Minute Blitz in Northern Virginia

Tagg and Ben Romney help target Asian-American voters in visits to two Northern Virginia Asian schools.

Update Saturday 11:06 p.m.: Gov. Bob McDonnell's updated political schedule says he and two of Gov. Mitt Romney's sons will be in Annandale at 1:15 and at West Springfield High School at 2 p.m. This is a slight adjustment from the original schedule, below.  -------  Gov. Bob McDonnell and two of Mitt Romney's five sons, Tagg and Ben, plan to make a campaign blitz Sunday targeting the area's Asian-American population in Northern Virginia for the GOP presidential nominee. Dubbed the "Romney-Ryan Real Recovery Road Rally," the three will visit Fairfax, Sterling and Staunton and visit the Hope Chinese School in Annandale and the Weihwa Taiwanese School in Springfield. Asian American voters will be a key aspect of the presidential election in …

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