The campaign strategy employed effectively last year by Republican Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell is shaping up to become the model for GOP candidates in Virginia 11th congressional district.

McDonnell, who won in a landslide on Nov. 3 against Democrat Creigh Deeds, had passed muster with social conservatives but hewed almost exclusively to an economic platform, touting job-growth proposals while decrying national Democratic initiatives on health care, jobs and the environment.