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Steve Contorno

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Steve Contorno is the Virginia political correspondent for The Washington Examiner, covering state government and campaigns in a key battleground state. He joined the Examiner in 2011 after covering state politics and local government for the Green Bay Press-Gazette, winning statewide reporting awards. Prior to that, he interned for the Chicago Sun-Times in its statehouse bureau. Contorno holds a bachelor's degree in News-Editorial Journalism from the University of Illinois where he toiled at The Daily Illini for four years, and has a master's in Public Affairs Reporting from the University of Illinois-Springfield.

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  • Virginia governor candidates both face criticism for past business dealings

    Steve Contorno

    Published: Sat, Apr 13, 2013

    Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli are both being shadowed in the race to become Virginia's next governor by accusations over their past business dealings, and each is trying to use those accusations to prove the other is unethical. McAuliffe has been...

  • Virginia health board OKs tougher rules for abortion facilities

    Steve Contorno

    Published: Fri, Apr 12, 2013

    The Virginia Board of Health voted 11-2 Friday to impose strict new regulations on abortion clinics. The new rules require abortion providers to meet the same building standards as hospitals, including bigger parking lots, larger operating rooms and wider hallways. Abortion-rights advocates...

  • McAuliffe hauls in $5 million for Virginia governor race

    Steve Contorno

    Updated: Fri, Apr 12, 2013

    Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe raised more than $5 million in the first three months of 2013, his campaign said Friday. Among his contributions is a $100,000 check from former President Bill Clinton. McAuliffe, a former Democratic National Committee chairman, was Clinton's...

  • Ken Cuccinelli picks anti-abortion group over Virginia teachers union

    Steve Contorno

    Updated: Thu, Apr 11, 2013

    Virginia Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli skipped an invitation Thursday to meet with the state's largest teachers union to appear instead in front of an anti-abortion summit in Washington that's being organized by his largest campaign contributor....

  • Virginia set to approve stricter rules for abortion clinics

    Steve Contorno

    Published: Thu, Apr 11, 2013

    Virginia health officials are poised to approve strict new rules for abortion clinics Friday amid massive opposition from pro-choice groups and a governor's race with two candidates closely tied to the opposing sides. Under the new guidelines, clinics would be required to meet the same...

  • Herring calls for probe of Star Scientific's ties to Cuccinelli, McDonnell

    Steve Contorno

    Published: Thu, Apr 11, 2013

    A Northern Virginia Democrat and candidate for attorney general wants a federal probe into a Virginia-based supplement maker whose close ties to Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and Governor Bob McDonnell have come under close election-year scrutiny. Sen. Mark Herring, D-Leesburg, wrote to the...

  • Car company started by Terry McAuliffe faced tax delinquency

    Steve Contorno

    Published: Wed, Apr 10, 2013

    A Mississippi car company started by Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe failed to pay more than $16,500 it owed in taxes for two months, claiming confusion about whether the company was tax exempt. GreenTech Automotive paid its taxes earlier this week, plus nearly $500...

  • NRA vows to sue to stop Maryland governor's gun ban

    Steve Contorno

    Published: Tue, Apr 9, 2013

    The head of the nation's largest gun lobbying group said Tuesday that the organization plans to sue Maryland to prevent Gov. Martin O'Malley's sweeping new restrictions on so-called assault weapons from taking effect. The General Assembly passed the ban last week and is waiting for O'Malley to...


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