Virginia voters got their second chance in 10 years to approve parimutuel betting on horses.
She said the party's interviews with Virginia voters after the election indicated that voters did not want abortion to be the main campaign issue.
For a while this year it seemed that Virginia voters were once again ready to write history large in an election for governor.
An amendment striking the ban on church incorporation was approved by Virginia voters in November 2006.
Virginia voters approved a government-run lottery in 1987.
Virginia voters ratified a constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman in November 2006.
A third of Virginia voters thought he should resign.
"Virginia voters cast a decisive vote for change," he said in a statement.
Virginia voters also voted to approve parimutuel betting on horses.
In 1976, Virginia voters elected him to a third term by a large margin.