A liberal Democrat is a strange candidate to ride the coattails of conservative activist Ken Cuccinelli (No. 39), but lawyer and state Sen. Don McEachin has parlayed himself into the Republican establishment's critic-in-chief and expanded his profile over the national airwaves. He's pushed back on the opposition party's handling of issues including health care and climate change. He's already run for statewide office and lost, but he'll be back.