Kaine speaks fluent Spanish, and could help Obama with Latinos -- another target group for Democrats.
Tim Kaine won it by a similar margin to capture the governor's mansion in 2005.
Kaine will be back in the spotlight later Thursday as he campaigns with Obama in Virginia.
Back in February, Governor Kaine and I came here, and work was just getting underway.
Barack Obama, the buzz this week focused on Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, Delaware Sen.
Kaine was born in Minnesota and went to college in Missouri, two swing states in the Midwest.
"You've climbed a mountain, " Kaine told a large group of union members who were getting ready to go door-to-door.
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Mr. Kaine and even current Republican Governor Robert McDonnell have since criticized the board and ducked into the hedgerows.
He chose Tim Kaine, Virginia's moderate governor, to head the Democratic National Committee.
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley and Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine said state budget problems will not impact public health care.
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Virginia's Tim Kaine harps on about having been a missionary in Latin America.
The NAACP complaint against Kaine and state election officials was filed Monday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Richmond, Virginia.
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Evan Bayh of Indiana and Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine are considered to be among the top tier of VP contenders.
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Kaine was the first governor to endorse Obama outside Illinois, when most of the Democratic establishment was still supporting Sen.
Stu Rothenberg of the Rothenberg Political Report told CNN last week that Kaine "makes a lot of sense" for Obama.
Fit-again Leonardo Ghiraldini returns to the side and Gonzalo Garcia replaces Kaine Robertson who is left out of the squad.
The attendance of President George W. Bush, first lady Laura Bush and Gov. Tim Kaine was an important source of support.
Democrat Tim Kaine, who was Warner's lieutenant governor, succeeded Warner in 2005.
Tim Kaine. (Applause.) These guys are great friends of mine.
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Tries from Jamie Heaslip and Tomas O'Leary put Ireland 23-3 up but Italy responded when Kaine Robertson charged down Rob Kearney's kick to score.
The downside is that both Obama and Kaine are young and very new to the national stage, with little or no national security experience.
Other prominent Democrats, including Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine and former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, pressed the same point on other Sunday news shows.
"So, we cannot rest, we cannot stop, we cannot slow down, we gotta push harder, we gotta push longer, we gotta be smarter, " Kaine said.
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Sandra Kaine, who lives near a Staffordshire village, is snowed in.
Evan Bayh, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, and even former foe Sen.
Kaine, a Roman Catholic, once worked as a missionary in Central America and can speak about religious values -- something Obama wants more Democrats to do.
Like Obama, Kaine said he believes the government needs to first drill in the nearly 70 million acres of land already leased to oil companies for drilling.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius made her pitch at the University of Maryland, while Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine spoke to college students in Delaware.
The hosts went 26-3 up at the break with a brace from Jaco Erasmus and one apiece from Kaine Robertson and Steven Bortolussi to earn a bonus point.
Senator Tim Kaine and Congressman Bobby Scott will also attend.
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