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NBC: Salahi serious about run for Governor

He may be the most well known candidate in the race for governor...he is serious about being Virginia's next governor. ...a businessman who has served on boards for several governors and worked to pass legislation to help small business. He calls himself a centrist. A Republican who wants to cut taxes and regulation, but is pro-choice on abortion and believes same sex marriage should be legal.
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Teddy Hilton/Perez Hilton: Salahi Rescues Doberman - Virginia is for 'pet' Lovers!

Candidate for Governor, Tareq Salahi is proud to announce “BRAVO” as a new campaign team member. “Bravo”, is a one year old, rescued Doberman that was rescued/adopted by Governor Candidate, Tareq Salahi. Please join us in welcoming “Bravo” to the CrashTheVote campaign and Bravo looks forward to soon meeting you on the campaign trail and eventually residing in the Governors mansion and welcoming other Virginia is for “pet” lovers friends, fans & supporters :) WOOF!
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The JMU Breeze: Tareq Salahi ‘crashes’ JMU, running for governor

Movies and TV have been successful beginnings for many modern political careers. Salahi came to two political science classes, a GenEd government class and a media and politics class, at JMU on Monday to talk about his campaign for governor of Virginia.
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FOX & CBS: Va. Gov. Candidate, White House Crasher Salahi Visits Harrisonburg & JMU

As the race for the state's governor continues to take shape, Tareq Salahi visited James Madison University on Monday. He met with students, and lectured at some media & political classes while on campus.
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NBC: Salahi for Governor brings 'Crash the Vote' listening tour to Staunton

Gubernatorial candidate Tareq Salahi says his Independent campaign is crashing Virginia's party lines. "We're proud about the campaign that I am... fiscally conservative, I'm socially moderate so we have two other opponents in this race - one is all the way to the left, one is all the way to the right," he said. "I'm the centrist. I have experience working with both sides."
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EXAMINER: Virginia governor hopeful Tareq Salahi is 'pro-same-sex marriage / pro-hemp

Salahi sat for an interview in his home near Front Royal and answered questions on a wide range of issues, including transportation, legislative redistricting, and attracting new businesses to Virginia. Describing himself as “fiscally conservative” and “socially moderate,” Salahi talked about his views on legalizing marijuana and same-sex marriage, two hot-button social issues.
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Salahi Makes Gubernatorial Campaign Stop in Charlottesville / UVA

Virginia Governor candidate Salahi is campaigning across the Commonwealth. Tareq Salahi stopped in Charlottesville on his "Crash the Vote" listening tour Wednesday. Both republicans and democrats at UVA, when asked, said they would indeed support Salahi.
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Salahi Polling very well by POLITICO

Tareq Salahi, who recently declared his intention to run for governor of Virginia, receives a surprising amount of support from the public, a new poll shows. (Public Policy Polling ) Indeed, Salahi is polling respectably!
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CNN: Salahi gets Huge Support

Alleged White House "party crasher" Tareq Salahi has filed papers to get on the ballot to run for governor in Virginia.
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Tareq Salahi crashes the election

From Politico: There’s a truth to that: He’s been appointed to the Virginia Tourism Authority and the Virginia Wine Growers Advisory Board by both Republican and Democratic governors.
This being Salahi, however, his campaign is hardly conventional. A film crew is documenting his gubernatorial run for a documentary they hope to run on PBS. Salahi insists that it’s not what you think.
“I decided to run for office long before they came to me and said, ‘We want to document the campaign,’” he said...
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Salahi on Access Hollywood

From Access Hollywood: Tareq Salahi was urged to drop out of his upcoming celebrity boxing match against Jose Canseco, so who will fight in his place? Plus, now that Tareq is single, Billy Bush and Kit Hoover give him a Hollywood makeover! Tareq will now be the celebrity...
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