WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Tim Kaine was elected governor of Virginia on Tuesday after a tight battle with Republican Jerry Kilgore in a race widely regarded as a barometer of the public's mood ahead of the 2006 congressional elections.

By Christina Nuckols, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. Nov. 3--RICHMOND -- The pharmaceutical company founded by a top political donor to gubernatorial candidate Jerry W. Kilgore agreed this week to pay $124.1 million to resolve claims it overcharged the government for drugs. The U.S.