Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., is throwing his weight behind Virginia Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling over Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli in the 2013 Republican gubernatorial contest.

Bolling’s campaign announced the endorsement from the House majority leader Wednesday ahead of a key vote Friday by Republican Party insiders on whether to pick the gubernatorial nominee through a primary or convention.

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