VIRGINIA
      Nov. 6, 2012 U.S. Senate

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+Tim Kaine (D)
2,010,067
 		52.83%
George Allen (R)
 		1,785,542
 		46.92%
all others
 		9,410
 		0.25%

3,805,019
Total registered: 5,428,833.  Total voted: 3,896,846.
Plurality: 224,525 (5.91 percentage points)
VA Department of Elections



Notes: Sen. Jim Webb (D) announced on Feb. 9, 2011 that he would not seek re-election after just one term (+), creating the open seat.  In a costly race between two former governors, Tim Kaine (D) defeated George Allen (R) by 5.91 percentage points.  Meanwhile, in the presidential contest, Virginia was a top-tier battleground state and saw extensive activity (>);  Obama-Biden won with a plurality of 149,298 votes (3.87 percentage points).
 
Allen, who served as governor from 1994-98, was elected to the Senate in 2000 but narrowly lost to Webb in 2006.  Prior to that defeat he had been seen as a leading presidential prospect for 2008 (+).  Allen announced he would run via a Jan. 24, 2011 video.  He won the June 12, 2012 primary with 167,906 votes (65.5% ) followed by Tea Party activist Jamie Radtke 59,116 (23.0%), Del. Bob Marshall 17,341 (6.8%), and minister Earl Jackson Sr. 12,116 (4.7%).

Kaine announced his candidacy on April 5, 2011, resigning from his position as chairman of the DNC.  He served as governor from 2006-10.  Kaine did not face a primary challenge.

Kaine and Allen participated in five debates:

Dec. 7, 2011 - hosted by the Virginia AP Managing Editors and the Virginia Capitol Correspondents Association in Richmond.

July 21 - at the Virginia Bar Association meeting at The Homestead in Hot Springs, VA (>).

Sept. 20 - hosted by the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce and NBC4 Washington at the Capital One Conference Center in Tysons (>).

Oct. 8 - hosted by AARP Virginia and the League of Women Voters of Virginia at WCVE-TV studios in Richmond (>).

Oct. 18 - hosted by WSLS-TV at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg (>).
According to Open Secrets (>), this was the second most expensive Senate race of the cycle; spending by the two general election candidates and outside groups totaled $84.8 million—$32.3 million by the campaigns and $52.4 million by outside groups (more total outside spending than in any other state).  The Kaine campaign spent $17.9 million to $14.4 million for the Allen campaign.  In terms of outside spending seven groups spent more than $1 million: leading on the Republican side were Crossroads GPS ($10.6M), NRSC ($6.9M), Independence Virginia PAC ($4.9M) and U.S. Chamber of Commerce ($4.5M) and on the Democratic side were DSCC ($9.0M) and Majority PAC ($6.1M).



Campaign Managers:
Tim Kaine:  Mike Henry
 (Aug. 2011)  U.S. campaigns director for ONE Campaign, Dec. 2009-July 2011.  Campaign manager on Shannon for Attorney General (VA), July-Nov. 2009.  Campaign manager on McAuliffe for Governor, Dec. 2008-June 2009.  Campaign manager on friends of Mark Warner, April-Dec. 2008.  Deputy campaign manager on Hillary Cinton for President, Jan. 2007-April 2008.  Director of independent expenditures at the DSCC in the 2006 cycle.  Campaign manager on Tim Kaine for Governor, Dec. 2004-Dec. 2005.  Director of mail/phone program at the AFL-CIO, April-Nov. 2004.  Campaign manager on Hull for U.S. Senate (IL), Jan. 2003-May 2004.  Issue advocacy mail director for the DCCC, Sept.-Dec. 2002.  Campaign manager on Mark Shriver's 2002 primary campaign in Maryland's 8th CD.  Directed the 2001 Virginia Democratic Coordinated Campaign.  Campaign manager on Bill Nelson for U.S. Senate in Florida, Jan.-Dec. 2000.  Southern campaign director for the DCCC, Jan. 1997-Jan. 1999.  Campaign manager on Frost for Congress, Dec. 1995-Dec. 1996.  Campaign manager on Baxter for Congress (IA), May-Nov. 1994.  Worked for Virginia General Assembly Democrats in 1999, 1995 and 1993.  Regional director to U.S. Sen. Charles Robb, April 1991-June 1992.  Worked for the Iowa Democratic Party in Mason City, June-Nov. 1990.  Psychology degree from Old Dominion University, 1990.  New Jersey native. 

George Allen:  Mike Thomas
(Apr. 2011)  Senior vice president at McGuire Woods Consulting in Richmond, Feb. 2007-Apr. 2011.  State director to Sen. Allen, 2001-07, and chief of staff, Dec. 2002-Dec. 2004.  Director, agency head at the Virginia Department of Information Technology, Jan. 1998-Jan. 2001.  Secretary of Administration to Gov. George Allen, Jan. 1994-Jan. 1998.  Transition director for Gov.-elect Allen.  Campaign manager on George Allen for Governor, Aug. 1992-Nov. 1993.  Regional field director on Paul Trible for U.S.Senate, 1982.  Graduate of the University of Richmond, 1982.  Also, first vice chairman of the Virginia Republican Party since 1996.
 









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