Senate
Latest Stories

VIRGINIA_5644_20121106
Tim Kaine (D) holds up a fist as he delivers his victory speech after winning the Virginia election for U.S. Senate at his election night party at the Richmond Marriott, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

VIRGINIA_5643_20121106
Supporters in the crowd listen as Republican U.S. Senate candidate and former Virginia Governor George Allen concedes the senate race to former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine during his election night party event at the Omni Richmond Hotel in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

VIRGINIA_5641_20121106
George Allen campaign finance director Gina Padrone collects campaign signs from the lectern after Republican U.S. Senate candidate and former Virginia Governor George Allen conceded the senate race to former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine, at the Omni Richmond Hotel in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

VIRGINIA_5640_20121106
Supporters in the crowd listen as Republican U.S. Senate candidate and former Virginia Governor George Allen concedes the senate race to former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine during his election night party event at the Omni Richmond Hotel in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

VIRGINIA_5626_20121106
Democratic candidate for Senate Tim Kaine does a walk through to get an idea of the room where his election night party will be held at the Richmond Marriott, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

VIRGINIA_5625_20121106
Democratic candidate for Senate Tim Kaine, second from left, does a walk through with campaign aids to get a look at the room where his election night party will be held at the Richmond Marriott, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

VIRGINIA_5624_20121106
Democratic candidate for Senate Tim Kaine does a walk through to get a look at the room where his election night party will be held at the Richmond Marriott, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

VIRGINIA_5621_20121106
Michael and Laura Macario [cq] and their grandson Maxwell, 2, are greeted by Democratic candidate for Senate Tim Kaine, right, as they arrive to vote outside the polling entrance to G.W. Carver Elementary School on election day morning, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

VIRGINIA_5620_20121106
Sarah Baker of Richmond, Va., right, laughs as her five month old daughter Wila begins to cry in the arms of democratic candidate for Senate Tim Kaine, as they chat together outside the polling entrance at Linwood Holton Elementary School on election day morning, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

VIRGINIA_5619_20121106
Democratic candidate for Senate Tim Kaine, center, points in the direction of his house as he chats with voter advocate Cecily Baskir of Chevy Chase, Md., second from right, outside the polling entrance at Linwood Holton Elementary School on election day morning, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

SENATE.jpg
Independent Angus King celebrates under a splash of champagne after winning the Senate seat vacated by Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Freeport, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

20121106-215452-pic-283072734.jpg
Tim Kaine, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Virginia, arrives to greet voters in Richmond. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington TImes)

20121106-215452-pic-207145112.jpg
Michael and Laura Macario and their grandson Maxwell, 2, are greeted by Democratic candidate for Senate Tim Kaine, right, as they arrive to vote outside the polling entrance to G.W. Carver Elementary School on election day morning, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

20121106-215452-pic-931394494.jpg
George Allen, the GOP candidate for Senate in Virginia, and his wife, Susan, wait to vote in Fairfax. (Eva Russo/Special to the Washington Times)

VIRGINIA_5526_20121106
Sarah Baker of Richmond, Va., right, laughs as her five month old daughter Wila begins to cry in the arms of democratic candidate for Senate Tim Kaine, as they chat together outside the polling entrance at Linwood Holton Elementary School on election day morning, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

VIRGINIA_5525_20121106
Michael and Laura Macario [cq] and their grandson Maxwell, 2, are greeted by Democratic candidate for Senate Tim Kaine, right, as they arrive to vote outside the polling entrance to G.W. Carver Elementary School on election day morning, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

VIRGINIA_5524_20121106
Democratic candidate for Senate Tim Kaine, center, points in the direction of his house as he chats with voter advocate Cecily Baskir of Chevy Chase, Md., second from right, outside the polling entrance at Linwood Holton Elementary School on election day morning, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

VIRGINIA_5461_20121106
Democratic Senate candidate and former Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine and his wife, Anne Holton, wait in line to vote in Richmond, Va., on Nov. 6, 2012. (Associated Press)