For one night only, the partisanship of a purple state and the heated rhetoric of a dead-even U.S. Senate race will be put on hold.

The Sorensen Institute is hosting its annual gala April 17, featuring all nine living governors of Virginia. Current Gov. Bob McDonnell and eight former executives will have their chance at the mic during the Richmond event.

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