RSSVirgina Senate Race: (R) George Allen vs. (D) Jim Webb
How close can this race get? A must win Senate seat for either party if they wish to gain control of the Senate.
Precincts Reporting: 2376 of 2443 (97.26%)
- George Allen (R) 1,112,169 49.55%
- Jim Webb (D) 1,105,270 49.24%
Get updated results here … Commonwealth of VA
UPDATE I: WOW. Looks like this one will go to a recount and maybe more.
Precincts Reporting: 2423 of 2443 (99.18%)
- George Allen (R) 1,141,753 49.44%
- Jim Webb (D) 1,139,885 49.36%
UPDATE II: (From Llama Butchers)12:10 AM Wednesday 1865 vote spread for Allen on the state’s website. Cue Twilight Zone music..
UPDATE III: 12:28am And here comes the late counting precincts for Webb … arg …
Precincts Reporting: 2425 of 2443 (99.26%)
- Allen (R) 1,146,952
- Webb (D) 1,148,750
UPDATE IV: It appears that this will go to a recount with 99.8% of precincts reporting, (D) Webb has a 6859 vote advantage. Barring some unforeseen situation, Webb will win this seat and another pick up for Democrats.
UPDATE V (11/8/06): Jim Webb’s victory over Sen. George Allen in Virginia assured Democrats of 51 seats
Jim Webb’s victory over Sen. George Allen in Virginia assured Democrats of 51 seats when the Senate convenes in January. That marked a gain of six in midterm elections in which the war in Iraq and President Bush were major issues. (Breitbart)
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POLLS DON’T MEAN NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!
a recount is still in the cards but with more than 6,000 voters as a cushion mr. Webb is a likely candidate for victory here.
I was wrong, mr. Webb is up by about 8,000
All I know is George will be responsible for the loss of control,when the Republicans the House or Senate.Joe
Yup Webb wins … running more like a Republican than a Democrat.
It will be interesting to see the dynamic of the Democratic party the next two years. The Senior Democratic leadership in both House & Senate is liberal. The Dems that won last night are more like blue dog Democrats. Lets just see how they all get a long. Promises were made back home and if they go against them … they will get tossed in two years as well.
The election last night can be summed up by the CT Senate race last night. An Independent Joe Lieberman who was cast our and called a traitor by his own party won convincingly. Remember, Lieberman is pro war.
The far left candidate did not win. If the Dem’s like Pelosi think they are putting a liberal agenda in front of Americans they will be gone in the next election.
Dems have been bitching & moaning for years … now it time for them to put up or shut up.
Red
Just saw (and sent to SM) an AP story saying that the Democrats won in Virginia, though there will be a recount.
And the Republican guy in Montana, to the best of my knowledge, has not conceded formally.
Even so, at this point it looks as though the Democrats control (easily) the House and the Senate, if the two independents (Lieberman of Connecticut and Sanders of Vermont) lean their way, as they are expected to do.
I guess the Senate is 51-49 for the Democrats, factoring in the two independents.
The next two years will be tricky. Let’s invoke the probably forlorn hope that the people sent to D.C. will be able to act like statesmen instead of politicians.
Fat chance.
My guess is that Pelosi won’t want to start off her reign by putting herself too much out of the “mainstream.” The oratory will probably diminish. Hope so, anyway.
Let’s see how serious they truly are about bringing “civility” and “bipartisianship” to Washington. (Hope I spelled those big words right!)
At least their antics will be heard around the world now. Not just on Scared Monkeys and talk shows like Rush, Hannity, Drudge, etc.
Brenda