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November 9, 2006
Allen To Concede
Virginia Sen. George Allen (R) will concede that he has lost the election to Democrat James Webb at a 3 p.m. news conference in Alexandria, according to a source close to the campaign with direct knowledge of the senator's intentions.As of this morning, Allen trails Webb by 7,484 votes after a bruising reelection campaign. Republican sources said Allen had concluded that no amount of recounting would change the outcome, but members of the senator's campaign staff would not publicly confirm his intentions.
A concession would spare the country from a recount that could have left control of the U.S. Senate in limbo for weeks. And it would make official what many have been saying since late Wednesday: that Webb will become Virginia's junior senator, giving Democrats a 51-seat majority and complete control of Congress for the first time in more than a decade.
Webb is expected to address reporters publicly today after Allen's announcement.
I for one and very glad to see this come to an end, especially in the case of Allen. He has clearly illustrated he is fundamentally a bad, racist person and it's time for that kind of thing to be met with disapproval and sent packing!
Found via the Washington Post.
Posted by Dianne at November 9, 2006 1:24 PM
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