Leslie Byrne (born Salt Lake City, Utah, October 27, 1946) is the 2005 Democratic Party candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. She defeated three other candidates to win the nomination. Byrne was narrowly defeated by Republican Party candidate Bill Bolling in the November 8, 2005 general election[1]. The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Salt Lake Citys top tourist draw. ... // History Early history Native Americans have lived in Utah for several thousand years; most archeological evidence dates such habitation about 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. ... October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Democratic Party, founded in 1792, is the second-oldest political party in the world (after the Tories of the United Kingdom). ... The Lieutenant Governor is a constitutional officer of the Commonwealth of Virginia. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party [1]), is one of the two major political parties in the United States (the other being the Democratic Party). ... November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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. She was the first woman to be elected to Congress from Virginia. After her one term, she served in the Clinton White House and was later elected to the Virginia Senate and eventually redistricted out of her district. The Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the Virginia General Assembly. ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States, the other being the Senate. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... State nickname: Old Dominion Other U.S. States Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Governor Mark R. Warner (D) Senators John Warner (R) George Allen (R) Official language(s) English Area 110,862 km² (35th)  - Land 102,642 km²  - Water 8,220 km² (7. ... Order: 42nd President Term of Office: January 20, 1993–January 20, 2001 Preceded by: George H. W. Bush Succeeded by: George W. Bush Date of birth: August 19, 1946 Place of birth: Hope, Arkansas Date of death: Place of death: First Lady: Hillary Rodham Clinton Political party: Democratic Vice President... The Virginia Senate is the upper house of the Virginia General Assembly. ...

Byrne has supported public/private partnerships for transportation, including the Dulles Greenway project when she was in the Virginia House of Delegates. Byrne has said that high-occupancy toll lanes are also promising as long as local governments are not taken out of the planning process. Byrne supports linking land use policy to transportation, two policy areas that are typically considered separately in Virginia. Virginia Route 267 is composed of two sections, the Dulles Toll Road and the Dulles Greenway. ... The Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the Virginia General Assembly. ... Highway A High occupancy toll (HOT) is a toll enacted on single occupant vehicles who wish to use roads, and lanes within roads, designated for the use of high occupancy vehicles (HOVs). ...

While in Congress, Byrne's legislative efforts included Medicaid reform; increasing opportunities of IRA holders to see their savings for first-time home purchases and college costs; cost savings on federal highway projects through value engineering and enhancing the international market for American high technologies. She was instrumental in obtaining funds for rail from Tyson's Corner to Dulles.

She also has a very high rating from environmental, women's, and teacher's groups.

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• Leslie Byrne for Lt. Governor.