Virginia Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling won’t, after all, seek out a promotion to the state’s top office this year, he announced today after months of equivocation.

The Virginia gubernatorial race is effectively a dead heat between likely Republican nominee Attorney General Ken “The Cooch” Cuccinelli and Democratic frontrunner Terry McAuliffe, according to a new poll.

Now that Tareq Salahi is officially unhitched from ex-wife Michaele, he can focus on his next big project: That run for governor of Virginia.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) will reportedly endorse Virginia Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling in the gubernatorial race against Attorney General Ken “The Cooch” Cuccinelli.

So what would happen if Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) decided to run for the Old Dominion’s governorship and faced White House party crasher Tareq Salahi as his Republican opponent? Warner would easily win—but Salahi would attract more votes than Virginia should be comfortable with.

Virginia attorney general and Tea Party favorite Ken “The Cooch” Cuccinelli is gearing up for a gubernatorial run in 2013.