2012 United States Senate election in Virginia
The 2012 United States Senate election in Virginia took place on November 6, 2012, concurrently with the 2012 U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Jim Webb retired instead of running for reelection to a second term, and former Democratic governor of Virginia Tim Kaine won the open seat over Republican former senator and governor George Allen. Kaine was unopposed for the Democratic nomination, and the Republicans nominated Allen through a primary on June 12, 2012. Allen had previously held this seat for one term before narrowly losing reelection to Webb in 2006.
Image: Tim Kaine, official 113th Congress photo portrait
Image: George Allen official portrait
George Allen (American politician)
George Felix Allen is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 67th governor of Virginia from 1994 to 1998 and as a United States senator from Virginia from 2001 to 2007.
Official Senate portrait
George Allen and President Ronald Reagan
Governor Allen visiting the USS George Washington in July 1996.
Allen shakes hands with President George W. Bush in the Oval Office, September 2001