McAuliffe's victory in the key swing state was an affirmation of his strategy to portray Cuccinelli, the state attorney general, as a Tea Party champion who is too extreme for Virginia.

By Emma Pryer WHEN Chanelle McAuliffe struck up a friendship with Belle Gibson in October 2014, she thought she'd found a kindred spirit.

By Emma Pryer WHEN Chanelle McAuliffe struck up a friendship with Belle Gibson in October 2014, she thought she'd found a kindred spirit.

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Maddie McAuliffe, 25, has been caring for her mother and brother since she was 14. Picture supplied "Looking back on it now, I don't know how I survived it," Ms McAuliffe, now 25, said.

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Cassia Jones fills out her ballot as her sons, Maverick, 2, and Apollo, 3, wait nearby during the Virginia primary election at Lucketts Community Center in Loudoun County, Virginia, on June 17 ...

McAuliffe was selected out of 11,000 applicants to become the first civilian teacher in space and died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster during a NASA mission.