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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJust what we don't need: Maccaca Allen back in the Senate. Allen wins GOP primary
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS -
RICHMOND Former senator George Allen easily defeated three lesser-known conservative Republican challengers Tuesday in Virginias primaries, earning a shot at regaining the seat he lost six years ago in a race both parties consider critical to controlling the U.S. Senate.
With 99 percent of the vote counted, Allen had 65 percent of the vote. His nearest rival, tea party leader Jamie Radtke, had 23 percent; state legislator Bob Marshall had 7 percent; and Chesapeake minister E.W. Jackson had 5 percent.
Allen will face Democrat Tim Kaine, both former governors, in the Nov. 6 election. The former Democratic National Committee chairman was unopposed for his partys nomination.
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Just what we don't need: Maccaca Allen back in the Senate. Allen wins GOP primary (Original Post)
cali
Jun 2012
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MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)1. Tim Kaine is a dynamic man of the people
Nothing to worry about in that race.
cali
(114,904 posts)2. yeah, about as dynamic as a glass of wine and a valium.
FSogol
(45,599 posts)3. So between Kaine and Allen, you choose to bash Kaine?
MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)4. democrats can't control who the republican candidate is.
But we can run good democrats who can win.