Thomas O'Donoghue
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Thomas O'Donoghue is the 2006 Republican Congressional Candidate for the 8th Congressional District of Virginia. He was chosen to oppose Congressman Jim Moran after defeating other Republican candidate, Mark Ellmore, in the June 13, 2006 primary election. He has three children with his wife, Kathy O'Donoghue, and they have been married for 14 years.
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[edit] Biography
According to official campaign literature, O'Donoghue gradated from the United States Military Academy in 1987. He received his master's degrees in International Relations from Boston University in 1991, M.B.A. from Yale University in 1993 and J.D. from Georgetown University in 1998.
O'Donoghue is an Iraq war veteran who was also deployed to Afghanistan. Overall, he has served 20 months in the Middle East with the United States Army where he got the Combat Action Badge and the Bronze Star.
[edit] 2006 Primary and General Election
O'Donoghue beat Republican Mark Ellmore with a percentage ratio of %69.49 to %30.51. The O'Donoghue campaign raised $5,284 compared to Ellmore's $14,748 as stated in a June 10, 2006 Washington Post article.[1]
In the General Election O'Donoghue faced eight term Congressional veteran, Democrat Jim Moran. The Republican National Committee (RNC) gave no money to O'Donoghue, and he lost by a margin of 66% to 31%.
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