More VA-Sen
With 99.84% of precincts reporting, Webb is ahead by about 7,000 votes, and has declared himself winner.
RICHMOND, Nov. 8 -- Virginia Democratic Senate candidate James Webb claimed the title of "Senator-elect" today even as Republican incumbent Sen. George Allen declined to concede a race he was losing by 7,146 votes.
Webb advisers said he will announce members of his transition team later this afternoon. Webb leads Allen by less than three tenths of a percent out of 2.3 million votes that were cast Tuesday.
"There's never been a Senate election where a candidate with the margin of this size, or for that matter even smaller... has not emerged as the next Senator," said former Gov. Mark R. Warner (D), who is advising Webb.
NYT is reporting that Webb has begun planning his transition team.
Raising Kaine, DKos and other blogs have started calling him Senator-Elect, but I'm not sure I'm ready to just yet.
As we all know, with Jon Tester's win in Montana, control of the Senate lies with Virginia. However, if George Allen decides to go thru with a recount, we won't even begin to start the procress for another ten days. Slate has a good guide to the Virginia recount procedures here.
RICHMOND, Nov. 8 -- Virginia Democratic Senate candidate James Webb claimed the title of "Senator-elect" today even as Republican incumbent Sen. George Allen declined to concede a race he was losing by 7,146 votes.
Webb advisers said he will announce members of his transition team later this afternoon. Webb leads Allen by less than three tenths of a percent out of 2.3 million votes that were cast Tuesday.
"There's never been a Senate election where a candidate with the margin of this size, or for that matter even smaller... has not emerged as the next Senator," said former Gov. Mark R. Warner (D), who is advising Webb.
NYT is reporting that Webb has begun planning his transition team.
Raising Kaine, DKos and other blogs have started calling him Senator-Elect, but I'm not sure I'm ready to just yet.
As we all know, with Jon Tester's win in Montana, control of the Senate lies with Virginia. However, if George Allen decides to go thru with a recount, we won't even begin to start the procress for another ten days. Slate has a good guide to the Virginia recount procedures here.