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After endorsing an all-Democratic slate four years ago, the political arm of the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce is backing Republican Ed Gillespie for governor and dividing its down-ballot picks.

In endorsements revealed this week, the chamber’s political action committee, NOVABIZPAC, said it will support Democratic Attorney General Mark Herring for re-election and Republican state Sen. Jill Vogel, R-Fauquier, for lieutenant governor.

The Northern Virginia chamber, which represents the business world in the state’s most vote-rich region and hosted the first televised gubernatorial debate earlier this month, has a bipartisan endorsement history that tends to favor Republicans. After backing Republican Bob McDonnell for governor in 2009, the group’s 2013 endorsement went to current Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, over anti-establishment conservative Ken Cuccinelli.

The 2013 endorsements also included a nod for Ralph Northam, then the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor and now running against Gillespie to succeed McAuliffe.

Saying in a prepared statement that Gillespie’s proposals better align with the priorities of the Northern Virginia business community, the chamber pointed to several specific policy areas to explain its choice.