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Did Tim Kaine run for Governor?
In 2005, Tim Kaine ran for governor of Virginia.
In which state did Tim Kaine run for Governor?
In 2005, Tim Kaine ran for governor of Virginia.
Did Tim Kaine win Governor of Virginia in 2005?
Kaine won the nomination, garnering 39.7% of the vote to Diamonstein's 31.4% and Jones' 28.9%.
Who did Tim Kaine run against for Governor of Virginia in 2005?
Tim Kaine ran for governor of Virginia against Republican candidate Jerry W. Kilgore, a former state attorney general.
Was Jerry W. Kilgore a Republican?
Jerry Walter Kilgore is an American attorney, politician and member of the Republican Party.
Was there anybody else in Tim Kaine's 2005 gubernatorial election race?
The 2005 Virginia gubernatorial election had Tim Kaine, Jerry Kilgore, and George Fitch.
What was Tim Kaine's 2005 gubernatorial election race like?
On the campaign trail, Tim Kaine referred to the Warner-Kaine administration in speeches and received the strong backing of Warner.
How was Jerry W. Kilgore's campaign negative during the 2005 gubernatorial election?
The campaign turned sharply negative in its final weeks, with Kilgore running television attack ads that claimed, incorrectly, that Kaine believed that Hitler doesn't qualify for the death penalty.“
What else was nasty about Jerry W. Kilgore's campaign during the 2005 gubernatorial election?
The ads attacked Tim Kaine for his service ten years earlier as a court-appointed attorney for a death-row inmate.

Question: Did Kaine have any response to these attack ads?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Tim Kaine have any response to these attacks in the 2005 gubernatorial election?