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Jody W. Wagner, secretary of finance, may not have officially resigned to run for lieutenant governor yet but several people close to Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) say he has already picked her replacement. Richard D. Brown, director of the Department of Planning and Budget, is expected to be named finance secretary after Wagner resigns next week to launch a bid for lieutenant governor in 2009. Wagner said last week that she plans to consider her options while on vacation this week. But several people in the Kaine administration say she has already told the governor that she will resign. Wagner and Brown are on vacation and could not be reached. Delacey Skinner, a spokeswoman for Kaine, said Wagner has not submitted her resignation although there may have been some in-depth dicussions about what would happen if she resigned. "I... [read full story]
