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<span>Welfare reform</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Welfare_reform-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Truth-in-sentencing" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Truth-in-sentencing"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Truth-in-sentencing</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Truth-in-sentencing-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Standards_of_learning" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Standards_of_learning"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Standards of learning</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Standards_of_learning-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Virginia_water_toxin_cover-up" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Virginia_water_toxin_cover-up"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5</span> <span>Virginia water toxin cover-up</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Virginia_water_toxin_cover-up-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-"Disney's_America"_Controversy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#"Disney's_America"_Controversy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.6</span> <span>"Disney's America" Controversy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-"Disney's_America"_Controversy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Return_to_the_private_sector_(1998–2001)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Return_to_the_private_sector_(1998–2001)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Return to the private sector (1998–2001)</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Return_to_the_private_sector_(1998–2001)-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet 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class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>2012 U.S. Senate election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2012_U.S._Senate_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Electoral_history" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Electoral_history"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Electoral history</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Electoral_history-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Personal_life" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Personal_life"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Personal life</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Personal_life-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%86" title="جرج آلن – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="جرج آلن" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Allen" title="George Allen – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="George Allen" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Allen" title="George Allen – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="George Allen" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Allen_(Politiker)" title="George Allen (Politiker) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="George Allen (Politiker)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Allen" title="George Allen – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="George Allen" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Allen_(pol%C3%ADtico)" title="George Allen (político) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="George Allen (político)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%86" title="جرج آلن – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جرج آلن" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Allen,_Jr." title="George Allen, Jr. – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="George Allen, Jr." data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0%EC%A7%80_%EC%95%A8%EB%9F%B0" title="조지 앨런 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="조지 앨런" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Felix_Allen" title="George Felix Allen – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="George Felix Allen" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Allen_(politico)" title="George Allen (politico) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="George Allen (politico)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%27%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%92%27_%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9F" title="ג'ורג' אלן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ג'ורג' אלן" 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</div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American politician (born 1952)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about a former governor of Virginia. For other people, including American politicians, named George Allen, see <a href="/wiki/George_Allen_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="George Allen (disambiguation)">George Allen (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">George Allen</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Allen_official_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/George_Allen_official_portrait.jpg/220px-George_Allen_official_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/George_Allen_official_portrait.jpg/330px-George_Allen_official_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/George_Allen_official_portrait.jpg/440px-George_Allen_official_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1875" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Official Senate portrait</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senator</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Robb" title="Chuck Robb">Chuck Robb</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Webb" title="Jim Webb">Jim Webb</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">67th <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">Governor of Virginia</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 15, 1994 – January 17, 1998</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Lieutenant</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Don_Beyer" title="Don Beyer">Don Beyer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Wilder" title="Douglas Wilder">Douglas Wilder</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gilmore" title="Jim Gilmore">Jim Gilmore</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>'s <span data-sort-value="Virginia07 !"><a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 7th congressional district">7th</a></span> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />November 5, 1991 – January 3, 1993</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/D._French_Slaughter_Jr." title="D. French Slaughter Jr.">French Slaughter</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._Bliley_Jr." title="Thomas J. Bliley Jr.">Thomas Bliley</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_House_of_Delegates" title="Virginia House of Delegates">Virginia House of Delegates</a></span><br />from the <a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_58th_House_of_Delegates_district" title="Virginia's 58th House of Delegates district">58th</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 12, 1983 – November 5, 1991</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Constituency established</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Peter_T._Way" title="Peter T. Way">Peter T. Way</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">George Felix Allen</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1952-03-08</span>) </span>March 8, 1952<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 72)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Whittier,_California" title="Whittier, California">Whittier, California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Anne Rubel</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1979; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1983)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Susan_Brown_Allen" title="Susan Brown Allen">Susan Brown</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1986)<wbr /></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence(s)</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Beach,_Virginia" title="Virginia Beach, Virginia">Virginia Beach, Virginia</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Virginia" title="University of Virginia">University of Virginia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1096940132">.mw-parser-output .listen .side-box-text{line-height:1.1em}.mw-parser-output .listen-plain{border:none;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded{width:100%;margin:0;border-width:1px 0 0 0;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-header{padding:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded .listen-header{padding:2px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen-file-header{padding:4px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen .description{padding-top:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen .mw-tmh-player{max-width:100%}@media(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .listen{clear:both}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .listen:not(.listen-noimage){width:320px}.mw-parser-output .listen-left{overflow:visible;float:left}.mw-parser-output .listen-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-left listen noprint listen-embedded listen-noimage listen-center"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:Sen._George_Allen_Speaks_in_Support_of_Confirming_John_Roberts_as_Chief_Justice.ogg" title="File:Sen. George Allen Speaks in Support of Confirming John Roberts as Chief Justice.ogg">George Allen's voice</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="215" style="width:215px;" data-durationhint="782" data-mwtitle="Sen._George_Allen_Speaks_in_Support_of_Confirming_John_Roberts_as_Chief_Justice.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Sen._George_Allen_Speaks_in_Support_of_Confirming_John_Roberts_as_Chief_Justice.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b0/Sen._George_Allen_Speaks_in_Support_of_Confirming_John_Roberts_as_Chief_Justice.ogg/Sen._George_Allen_Speaks_in_Support_of_Confirming_John_Roberts_as_Chief_Justice.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">George Allen explains his support for confirming <a href="/wiki/John_Roberts" title="John Roberts">John Roberts</a> as chief justice of the United States<br />Recorded September 28, 2005</div></div></div></div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>George Felix Allen</b> (born March 8, 1952) is an American politician. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a>, he served as the 67th <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">governor of Virginia</a> from 1994 to 1998 and as a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> from 2001 to 2007. </p><p>The son of <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> head coach <a href="/wiki/George_Allen_(American_football_coach)" title="George Allen (American football coach)">George Allen</a>, he served in the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_House_of_Delegates" title="Virginia House of Delegates">Virginia House of Delegates</a> from 1983 to 1991, resigning after he won a special election for <a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 7th congressional district">Virginia's 7th congressional district</a> in November 1991. After his district was eliminated during <a href="/wiki/Redistricting" title="Redistricting">redistricting</a>, he declined to run for a full term in 1992, instead running for Governor of Virginia in the <a href="/wiki/1993_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1993 Virginia gubernatorial election">1993 election</a>. He defeated <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Virginia" title="Attorney General of Virginia">Attorney General of Virginia</a> <a href="/wiki/Mary_Sue_Terry" title="Mary Sue Terry">Mary Sue Terry</a> by 58.3% against 40.9%. </p><p>Barred by term limits from seeking reelection to a second term in 1997, he worked in the private sector until the <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="2000 United States Senate election in Virginia">2000 election</a> in which he ran for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>, defeating two-term Democratic incumbent <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Robb" title="Chuck Robb">Chuck Robb</a>. Allen ran for reelection in the <a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="2006 United States Senate election in Virginia">2006 election</a>, but after a close and <a href="/wiki/Controversies_of_the_2006_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="Controversies of the 2006 United States Senate election in Virginia">controversial</a> race, he was defeated by Democratic former <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">U.S. Secretary of the Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Webb" title="Jim Webb">Jim Webb</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Webb decided to retire, Allen ran for his old seat again in the <a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="2012 United States Senate election in Virginia">2012 election</a> but was defeated again, this time by fellow former governor <a href="/wiki/Tim_Kaine" title="Tim Kaine">Tim Kaine</a>. Allen now serves on the <a href="/wiki/Rancho_del_Cielo" title="Rancho del Cielo">Reagan Ranch</a> Board of Governors of <a href="/wiki/Young_America%27s_Foundation" title="Young America's Foundation">Young America's Foundation</a>, where he is a Reagan Ranch Presidential Scholar. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life,_education_and_early_career_(1952–1982)"><span id="Early_life.2C_education_and_early_career_.281952.E2.80.931982.29"></span>Early life, education and early career (1952–1982)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life, education and early career (1952–1982)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Allen was born in <a href="/wiki/Whittier,_California" title="Whittier, California">Whittier</a>, California on March 8, 1952.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Allen's father, <a href="/wiki/George_Allen_(American_football_coach)" title="George Allen (American football coach)">George Herbert Allen</a>, was a <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL) coach who was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a> in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the 2006 senatorial campaign, it was revealed that Allen's mother, Henrietta <a href="/wiki/Lumbroso" class="mw-redirect" title="Lumbroso">Lumbroso</a>, was born to <a href="/wiki/Sephardic_Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Sephardic Jewish">Sephardic Jewish</a> parents in <a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lumbrosofamily_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lumbrosofamily-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 2006 debate, Allen referred to his mother as being "French-Italian, with a little Spanish blood in her."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has a younger sister, Jennifer, an author and correspondent for <a href="/wiki/NFL_Network" title="NFL Network">NFL Network</a>, and two brothers, including <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Allen_(American_football)" title="Bruce Allen (American football)">Bruce Allen</a>, a former NFL team executive. He and his family lived there until 1957. They moved to the suburbs of Chicago after George Sr. was hired with the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a>. Then, the family moved back to <a href="/wiki/Palos_Verdes" class="mw-redirect" title="Palos Verdes">Palos Verdes</a> in Southern California after Allen's father was named head coach of the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a> in 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Allen graduated in 1970 from <a href="/wiki/Palos_Verdes_High_School" title="Palos Verdes High School">Palos Verdes High School</a>, where he was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Falconry" title="Falconry">falconry</a> club and the car club. He was also <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">quarterback</a> of the varsity <a href="/wiki/Football_team" title="Football team">football team</a>. He then attended the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">University of California, Los Angeles</a>, for a year. His father had in the meantime taken over the head coaching duties with the Washington Redskins in 1970 and the younger Allen transferred to the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Virginia" title="University of Virginia">University of Virginia</a>, in 1971, where he received a B.A. degree with distinction in history in 1974. He was class president in his fourth year at UVA, and played on the UVA football and rugby teams.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After graduating, Allen completed a <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">Juris Doctor</a> degree from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Virginia_School_of_Law" title="University of Virginia School of Law">University of Virginia School of Law</a> in 1977. In 1976, he was the chairman of the "Young Virginians for <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a>". Out of law school, he served as a law clerk for Judge <a href="/wiki/Glen_Morgan_Williams" title="Glen Morgan Williams">Glen Morgan Williams</a> of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Virginia_House_of_Delegates_(1982–1991)"><span id="Virginia_House_of_Delegates_.281982.E2.80.931991.29"></span>Virginia House of Delegates (1982–1991)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Virginia House of Delegates (1982–1991)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ronald_Reagan_and_George_Allen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Ronald_Reagan_and_George_Allen.jpg/220px-Ronald_Reagan_and_George_Allen.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="209" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Ronald_Reagan_and_George_Allen.jpg/330px-Ronald_Reagan_and_George_Allen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Ronald_Reagan_and_George_Allen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="392" data-file-height="373" /></a><figcaption>George Allen and President Ronald Reagan</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections">Elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Allen's first race for the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_House_of_Delegates" title="Virginia House of Delegates">Virginia House of Delegates</a> was in 1979, two years after he graduated from law school. He ran in the <a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_26th_House_of_Delegates_district" title="Virginia's 26th House of Delegates district">26th House District</a> which was then composed of two seats. He placed third in a field of four candidates.<sup id="cite_ref-1979e_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1979e-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He ran again in 1982 for the House in the 58th House District and won the election, defeating incumbent Democrat <a href="/wiki/James_B._Murray" title="James B. Murray">James B. Murray</a>, whose previous 24th House District was eliminated after redistricting, by 25 votes out of nearly 14,000 cast.<sup id="cite_ref-1982e_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1982e-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He faced Murray again in a 1983 rematch, defeating him 53%–47%.<sup id="cite_ref-1983e_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1983e-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He ran unopposed in 1985,<sup id="cite_ref-1985e_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1985e-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1987,<sup id="cite_ref-1987e_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1987e-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-1989e_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1989e-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The seat he held was the same one held by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-yaf_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yaf-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenure">Tenure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Tenure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was a delegate from 1983 to 1991, representing parts of <a href="/wiki/Albemarle_County,_Virginia" title="Albemarle County, Virginia">Albemarle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nelson_County,_Virginia" title="Nelson County, Virginia">Nelson</a> counties near <a href="/wiki/Charlottesville" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlottesville">Charlottesville</a>. </p><p>Allen was a strong advocate for the <a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Virginia" title="Capital punishment in Virginia">death penalty</a>, and actively supported expanding it in Virginia. For several years in a row, Allen introduced a bill that would add murder in commission of an attempted robbery to the list of capital crimes. Each year, the bill died in the House Courts of Justice Committee. Allen would continue to collect newspaper clippings for his file and followed every murder in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Allen supported a statewide referendum on whether or not to create a <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Lottery" title="Virginia Lottery">state lottery system</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1986, he proposed a referendum that would allow assets of illegal drug dealers to go to law enforcement.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Committee_assignments">Committee assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Committee assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>House Courts of Justice Committee</li> <li>House General Laws Committee</li> <li>House Health Welfare and Institutions Committee</li> <li>House Militia and Police Committee<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>House Mining and Mineral Resources Committee<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Caucus_memberships">Caucus memberships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Caucus memberships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Regional Party Whip</li> <li>House Legislative Caucus<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U.S._House_of_Representatives_(1991–1993)"><span id="U.S._House_of_Representatives_.281991.E2.80.931993.29"></span>U.S. House of Representatives (1991–1993)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: U.S. House of Representatives (1991–1993)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_2">Elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1991">1991</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 1991"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Incumbent Republican U.S. Representative <a href="/wiki/D._French_Slaughter_Jr." title="D. French Slaughter Jr.">D. French Slaughter Jr.</a>, of <a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 7th congressional district">Virginia's 7th congressional district</a>, decided to resign because of a series of strokes. Allen faced Slaughter's cousin, Kay Slaughter, who was also a Charlottesville City Councilor. Allen <a href="/wiki/1991_Virginia%27s_7th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1991 Virginia's 7th congressional district special election">defeated</a> her 64%–36%.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Salon-11-17-99_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Salon-11-17-99-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1992">1992</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 1992"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1990s round of <a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_apportionment" title="United States congressional apportionment">redistricting</a>, Allen's district, which stretched from the fringes of the <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington</a> suburbs through the outer portions of the <a href="/wiki/Shenandoah_Valley" title="Shenandoah Valley">Shenandoah Valley</a> to <a href="/wiki/Charlottesville,_Virginia" title="Charlottesville, Virginia">Charlottesville</a>, was eliminated, even though Virginia gained an 11th district as a result of the <a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="1990 United States Census">1990 U.S. Census</a>. The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" title="United States Department of Justice">Justice Department</a> had mandated Virginia create a new black-majority district in accordance with the <a href="/wiki/Voting_Rights_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Voting Rights Act">Voting Rights Act</a>. The Democratic-controlled legislature decided to dismantle the 7th and split it between three neighboring districts.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Allen's home in <a href="/wiki/Earlysville,_Virginia" title="Earlysville, Virginia">Earlysville</a>, near Charlottesville, was placed in the <a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 5th congressional district">5th district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Lewis_F._Payne_Jr." title="Lewis F. Payne Jr.">Lewis F. Payne Jr.</a> However, the largest slice of his old district was placed in the newly redrawn <a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_10th_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 10th congressional district">10th district</a>, represented by fellow Republican <a href="/wiki/Frank_Wolf_(politician)" title="Frank Wolf (politician)">Frank Wolf</a>. Allen moved to <a href="/wiki/Mount_Vernon,_Virginia" title="Mount Vernon, Virginia">Mount Vernon</a> and prepared to challenge Wolf in a primary. However, <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Virginia" title="Republican Party of Virginia">state Republican leaders</a> had let it be known that he could not expect any support for his planned run for the governorship in 1993 if he made such a challenge. Allen decided not to run in either district. After Democratic U.S. Representative <a href="/wiki/James_Olin" class="mw-redirect" title="James Olin">James Olin</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 6th congressional district">6th district</a> decided to retire, there was speculation Allen could run there. He decided not to move his family and run in the 6th district either.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Committee_assignments_2">Committee assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Committee assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Small_Business" title="United States House Committee on Small Business">United States House Committee on Small Business</a><sup id="cite_ref-Revolving_Door_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Revolving_Door-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Science" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Committee on Science">United States House Committee on Science</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_the_Judiciary" title="United States House Committee on the Judiciary">United States House Committee on the Judiciary</a><sup id="cite_ref-Revolving_Door_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Revolving_Door-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governor_of_Virginia_(1994–1998)"><span id="Governor_of_Virginia_.281994.E2.80.931998.29"></span>Governor of Virginia (1994–1998)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Governor of Virginia (1994–1998)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_3">Elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Allen_visiting_USS_George_Washington,_July_22,_1996.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/George_Allen_visiting_USS_George_Washington%2C_July_22%2C_1996.JPEG/220px-George_Allen_visiting_USS_George_Washington%2C_July_22%2C_1996.JPEG" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/George_Allen_visiting_USS_George_Washington%2C_July_22%2C_1996.JPEG/330px-George_Allen_visiting_USS_George_Washington%2C_July_22%2C_1996.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/George_Allen_visiting_USS_George_Washington%2C_July_22%2C_1996.JPEG/440px-George_Allen_visiting_USS_George_Washington%2C_July_22%2C_1996.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="1399" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>Governor Allen visiting the <a href="/wiki/USS_George_Washington_(CVN-73)" title="USS George Washington (CVN-73)">USS <i>George Washington</i></a> in July 1996.</figcaption></figure> <p>In November 1993, Allen was elected the 67th Governor of Virginia, serving from 1994 to 1998. His opponent in the 1993 election, Attorney General Mary Sue Terry, had an early 29-point lead in public opinion polls<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a million-dollar fundraising advantage; his other opponent was Independent Nancy B. Spannaus.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Allen's campaign proposal to abolish parole may have resonated during a surge of crime in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More importantly, he was running at the start of what would become the 1994 <a href="/wiki/Republican_Revolution" title="Republican Revolution">Republican Revolution</a>. Allen overcame the deficit and won with 58.3% of the vote, the largest margin (+17.4 points) since <a href="/wiki/Albertis_S._Harrison_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Albertis S. Harrison Jr.">Albertis S. Harrison Jr.</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/H._Clyde_Pearson" title="H. Clyde Pearson">H. Clyde Pearson</a> with a margin of +27.7 points in 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Allen could not run for re-election because Virginia's constitution does not allow a governor to succeed himself; Virginia is the only state that has such a provision.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Welfare_reform">Welfare reform</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Welfare reform"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During his 1993 campaign for governor, Allen vowed to reform Virginia's welfare system, stating that "Our obligation as a society is to provide a hand up to those in need, rather than a handout ... Welfare is not to be a permanent status for anyone in life."<sup id="cite_ref-Ht--8-17-93_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ht--8-17-93-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time welfare caseloads climbed 36 percent from 1988 while one out of twelve Virginians were receiving food stamps.<sup id="cite_ref-HT-1997_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-1997-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 1995, after an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of support, Allen signed his welfare reform bill propelling Virginia ahead of the national welfare reform effort,<sup id="cite_ref-HT-1997_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-1997-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HT-03-16-94_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-03-16-94-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2-26-95_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2-26-95-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the key provisions outlined in the bill, the Virginia Initiative for Employment Not Welfare (VIEW) limited Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) benefits for welfare recipients to two years while recipients are required to work within ninety days of receiving benefits.<sup id="cite_ref-2-26-95_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2-26-95-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following VIEW's implementation, welfare caseloads decreased 33 percent, from 73,926 families in March 1995 to 49,609 families in July 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-HT_6-30-10_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT_6-30-10-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In areas where VIEW existed for twelve months, 74 percent were employed versus only 31 percent nationally,.<sup id="cite_ref-HT-1997_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-1997-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HT_6-28-2010_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT_6-28-2010-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the Virginia Department of Health and Human Resource's 1996 annual report, VIEW saved taxpayers 24 million dollar in its first year of existence; with an addition to federal welfare money, the savings total over the following two years comes to just over $70 million<sup id="cite_ref-HT-1997_36-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-1997-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Allen Administration's welfare reform law also addressed concerns over single-parent recipients of welfare requiring mothers to name the child's father and provide three additional pieces of information to help locate the non-custodial parent or face loss of all TANF benefits.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 1995, Virginia has achieved a 98.5 percent rate of paternity identification, the highest in the country.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> By removing the incentive to break up families, the Allen welfare reform allowed two parent households the same time to receive benefits as single parents. Because this law reversed the incentive of being a single parent TANF cases represented by two parent households increased by over 180 percent.<sup id="cite_ref-6-30-10_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6-30-10-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Truth-in-sentencing">Truth-in-sentencing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Truth-in-sentencing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 1993, Allen's campaign promise to abolish parole for those convicted of a felony helped drive him to a landslide victory after trailing from a 33 percent point deficit in the polls to Democrat Mary Sue Terry,<sup id="cite_ref-HT-10-28-1994_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-10-28-1994-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HT-10-05-1994_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-10-05-1994-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Truth-in-sentencing (TIS) and abolition of parole were ultimately passed in a Special Session of the General Assembly with the House voting 89–7 and the Senate voting 34–4 in favor of the measure. On January 1, 1995, Allen's central campaign promise became a reality when TIS and abolition of parole went into effect.<sup id="cite_ref-HT-04-05-01_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-04-05-01-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HT-10-05-94_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-10-05-94-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the law, prison sentences increased for offenders without prior convictions for violent crimes by 125 percent, 300 percent for those with a prior felony conviction that originally had a maximum penalty of less than 40 years, and 500 percent for those with a felony conviction of a violent crime that originally had a minimum penalty of more than 40 years.<sup id="cite_ref-HT-04-05-01_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-04-05-01-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 1994 and 1995, statistics show on average that first degree murders with violent records went from serving 15 years to 46 years.<sup id="cite_ref-HT-10-14-04_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-10-14-04-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1993, nearly half of all offenders released from prison were re-arrested for a new crime within 3 years.<sup id="cite_ref-HT-04-05-01_46-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-04-05-01-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> TIS ensured that inmates serve a minimum of 85 percent of their sentence. As a result of TIS, first degree murderers went from serving 29 percent of imposed sentence to 91 percent,.<sup id="cite_ref-HT-04-05-01_46-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-04-05-01-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HT-04-07-08_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-04-07-08-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While parole was eliminated for those convicted of a felony after January 1, 1995, parole remained in effect for individuals incarcerated prior to TIS reform resulting in a rapid decline in the parole grant rate from 46 percent in 1991 to 5 percent in 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-HT-04-05-01_46-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-04-05-01-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Standards_of_learning">Standards of learning</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Standards of learning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June 1995, the Virginia Board of Education adopted Governor Allen's Commission on Champion Schools recommendation for statewide standardized tests for academic accountability. The Board of Education voted in favor of implementing the Standards of Learning (SOLs) which measures student achievements and ensures accountability for schools in the core subjects of English, mathematics, history, economics, and science.<sup id="cite_ref-HT-7-12-10_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-7-12-10-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HT-7-29-10_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-7-29-10-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The commission also recommended the creation of an annual 'report card' to grade each public school's performance stating that: "If Virginia's youngsters can't make the grade, then neither should their schools"<sup id="cite_ref-HT-2-26-97_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-2-26-97-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HT-12-09-95_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-12-09-95-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2)(9). Experts suggested that in order to improve the quality of learning, a school should emphasize academic goals and effective leadership. By using measurement through tests, the state, teachers, and parents can monitor the effectiveness of schools teaching the basic fundamental subjects<sup id="cite_ref-HT-7-12-10_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-7-12-10-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (1). Allen's legislation used public data of SOLs test scores along with school attendance and drop-out rates to ensure that unsatisfactory schools are accountable by the threat of state takeover through court action.<sup id="cite_ref-HT-2-26-97_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-2-26-97-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Initially, Allen succeeded in keeping Virginia's educational reform independent from federal funding by using a line-item veto in the state's budget, a power granted to Virginia governors.<sup id="cite_ref-HT-7-21-10_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-7-21-10-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Allen argued that federal funding would force the Commonwealth to adhere to federal regulation, therefore, restricting the freedom of Virginia to craft its own high academic standards education plan.<sup id="cite_ref-HT-12-09-98_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-12-09-98-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite Allen's efforts to keep Virginia independent from federal education funds, the Virginia Board of Education applied for federal funds through the program Goals 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-HT-6-27-97_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-6-27-97-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During Allen's tenure as governor, the American Federation of Teachers rated the SOLs "exemplary" in the four core subjects.<sup id="cite_ref-HT-01-18-98_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-01-18-98-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Virginia_water_toxin_cover-up">Virginia water toxin cover-up</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Virginia water toxin cover-up"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1994, Allen's administration eliminated Virginia's water toxins monitoring program.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Virginia Toxics Database, which was maintained by the program and contained important baseline toxicity levels for Virginia waters, was locked away in a safe during Allen's term as governor.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scientists and government agencies were denied access to the data by Allen's Department of Environment Quality.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reporting by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Roanoke_Times" title="The Roanoke Times">The Roanoke Times</a></i> spurred Virginia legislators to call for an investigation by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission. The 1999 investigation found that documents from the database were destroyed and that the concealed data included information on high levels of <a href="/wiki/Polychlorinated_biphenyl" title="Polychlorinated biphenyl">PCBs</a> in Virginia waterways, including the <a href="/wiki/Rappahannock_River" title="Rappahannock River">Rappahannock River</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A report by the <a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay_Foundation" title="Chesapeake Bay Foundation">Chesapeake Bay Foundation</a> found that the DEQ had withheld knowledge of high mercury concentrations in the <a href="/wiki/Shenandoah_River" title="Shenandoah River">Shenandoah River</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""Disney's_America"_Controversy"><span id=".22Disney.27s_America.22_Controversy"></span>"Disney's America" Controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: "Disney's America" Controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Disney%27s_America" title="Disney's America">Disney's America</a></div> <p>In 1993, <a href="/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company" title="The Walt Disney Company">The Walt Disney Company</a> announced their plans to build a U.S. history-inspired <a href="/wiki/Theme_park" class="mw-redirect" title="Theme park">theme park</a> called "Disney's America" in <a href="/wiki/Prince_William_County,_Virginia" title="Prince William County, Virginia">Prince William County, Virginia</a>. Allen was a vocal supporter of the park, citing all the new jobs that would be created if the park was constructed. The announcement of the park, however, sparked backlash from both historians and the public. Many also worried the nearby <a href="/wiki/Manassas_National_Battlefield_Park" title="Manassas National Battlefield Park">Manassas National Battlefield Park</a>—the site of two major <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a> battles (see the <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Bull_Run" title="First Battle of Bull Run">First Battle of Bull Run</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Bull_Run" title="Second Battle of Bull Run">Second Battle of Bull Run</a>)--would be negatively impacted by the park's creation. Allen went on <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> to debate critics of the project and spoke at a <a href="/wiki/Congressional_hearing" class="mw-redirect" title="Congressional hearing">Congressional hearing</a> over the park's creation. In the end, however, plans for the park's creation were scrapped by Disney.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Return_to_the_private_sector_(1998–2001)"><span id="Return_to_the_private_sector_.281998.E2.80.932001.29"></span>Return to the private sector (1998–2001)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Return to the private sector (1998–2001)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="McGuireWoods">McGuireWoods</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: McGuireWoods"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In February 1998, Allen became a Richmond-based partner at the law firm McGuire Woods Battle & Boothe (now <a href="/wiki/McGuireWoods" title="McGuireWoods">McGuireWoods</a> LLP), as head of its business expansion and relocation team. At the time, Allen said "I think it's healthy to get out of government. If you stay in too long, you lose track of reality and the real world."<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to a disclosure form Allen filed on May 12, 2000, he was paid $450,000 by the firm between January 1999 and April 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-AmerPros_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AmerPros-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Xybernaut">Xybernaut</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Xybernaut"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While out of office, Allen became a director at two Virginia high-tech companies and advised a third, all government contractors that he had assisted while governor.<sup id="cite_ref-AP-10-8-06_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-10-8-06-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In mid-1998, Allen joined the board of <a href="/wiki/Xybernaut" title="Xybernaut">Xybernaut</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Xybernaut-Oct-1998-SB-2_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Xybernaut-Oct-1998-SB-2-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a company selling mobile, flip-screen computers. The firm never made a profit – it posted 33 consecutive quarterly losses after it went public in 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 1999, Allen and the rest of the company's board dismissed the company's accounting firm, <a href="/wiki/PricewaterhouseCoopers" class="mw-redirect" title="PricewaterhouseCoopers">PricewaterhouseCoopers</a>, which had issued a report with a "going concern" paragraph that questioned the company's financial health.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Allen made almost no money from the stock, according to his communications director, John Reid.<sup id="cite_ref-AmerPros_68-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AmerPros-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the <i>Associated Press</i>, Allen steered compensation from his board service, other than stock options, to his law firm.<sup id="cite_ref-AP-10-8-06_69-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-10-8-06-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was granted options worth $1.5 million at their peak.<sup id="cite_ref-AmerPros_68-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AmerPros-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Allen listed them on his disclosure forms for 2002 and 2003,<sup id="cite_ref-AmerPros_68-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AmerPros-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but never exercised them.<sup id="cite_ref-AmerPros_68-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AmerPros-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commonwealth_Biotechnologies">Commonwealth Biotechnologies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Commonwealth Biotechnologies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Allen joined Commonwealth's board of directors about two months after leaving the governor's office in January 1998. "I learned a lot on their board and enjoyed working with 'em, and they seem to be doing all right, I guess," Allen said in October 2006. </p><p>Commonwealth granted Allen options on 15,000 shares of company stock at $7.50 a share in May 1999. Allen steered other compensation from his board service to his law firm, McGuire Woods. As of late 2006, Allen had not cashed in any options; the stock as of that date was well under $5 per share, making the options valueless for the moment. Commonwealth reported its first full year of profitability in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-AP-10-8-06_69-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-10-8-06-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Com-Net_Ericsson">Com-Net Ericsson</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Com-Net Ericsson"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Allen became a member of the advisory board of Com-Net Ericsson in February 2000. The advisory board's responsibility was to meet at least twice a year and provide advice and service. Allen terminated his service on the board before the end of 2000. He was paid approximately $300,000 for his services.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U.S._Senate_(2001–2007)"><span id="U.S._Senate_.282001.E2.80.932007.29"></span>U.S. Senate (2001–2007)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: U.S. Senate (2001–2007)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:President_George_W._Bush_Shakes_Hands_with_Senator_George_Allen_During_a_Meeting_with_Senators_from_New_York_and_Virginia_in_the_Oval_Office_(02).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/President_George_W._Bush_Shakes_Hands_with_Senator_George_Allen_During_a_Meeting_with_Senators_from_New_York_and_Virginia_in_the_Oval_Office_%2802%29.jpg/220px-President_George_W._Bush_Shakes_Hands_with_Senator_George_Allen_During_a_Meeting_with_Senators_from_New_York_and_Virginia_in_the_Oval_Office_%2802%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/President_George_W._Bush_Shakes_Hands_with_Senator_George_Allen_During_a_Meeting_with_Senators_from_New_York_and_Virginia_in_the_Oval_Office_%2802%29.jpg/330px-President_George_W._Bush_Shakes_Hands_with_Senator_George_Allen_During_a_Meeting_with_Senators_from_New_York_and_Virginia_in_the_Oval_Office_%2802%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/President_George_W._Bush_Shakes_Hands_with_Senator_George_Allen_During_a_Meeting_with_Senators_from_New_York_and_Virginia_in_the_Oval_Office_%2802%29.jpg/440px-President_George_W._Bush_Shakes_Hands_with_Senator_George_Allen_During_a_Meeting_with_Senators_from_New_York_and_Virginia_in_the_Oval_Office_%2802%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="667" /></a><figcaption>Allen shakes hands with President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> in the Oval Office, September 2001</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_4">Elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2000">2000</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: 2000"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="2000 United States Senate election in Virginia">2000 United States Senate election in Virginia</a></div> <p>Allen ran for the U.S. Senate and defeated <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> incumbent U.S. Senator Chuck Robb 52% to 48%. He was the only Republican to unseat a Democratic incumbent that year.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2006">2006</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: 2006"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="2006 United States Senate election in Virginia">2006 United States Senate election in Virginia</a></div> <p>Allen sought re-election in <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate_election,_2006" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate election, 2006">2006</a>, winning the Republican nomination on August 11, 2006. The general election featured three candidates: Allen; the Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of the Navy <a href="/wiki/James_H._Webb" class="mw-redirect" title="James H. Webb">James H. Webb</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Gail Parker, a retired <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">Air Force</a> officer and retired civilian Pentagon budget analyst who ran on the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Green_Party_of_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Green Party of Virginia">Independent Green Party</a> ballot line. Allen ran a campaign that appealed to cultural, hard right-wing conservatives. During the campaign the <a href="/wiki/Marshall-Newman_Amendment" class="mw-redirect" title="Marshall-Newman Amendment">Marshall-Newman Amendment</a> was also on the ballot. </p><p>On August 11, 2006, at a campaign stop in <a href="/wiki/Breaks,_Virginia" title="Breaks, Virginia">Breaks, Virginia</a>, near the Kentucky border, Allen twice used the racist slur "<a href="/wiki/Macaca_(term)" title="Macaca (term)">macaca</a>" (meaning 'monkey') to refer to the dark-complexioned S. R. Sidarth, who was filming the event as a "tracker" for the opposing Jim Webb campaign. In what was dubbed as his "Macaca moment", Allen said: </p> <dl><dd>"This fellow here over here with the yellow shirt, Macaca, or whatever his name is. He's with my opponent... Let's give a welcome to Macaca, here. Welcome to America and the real world of Virginia."</dd></dl> <p>Sidarth, who is of Indian ancestry, was born and raised in Fairfax County, Virginia. The remarks quickly went viral and became a major news item on all of the network and cable television news shows.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Webb won by approximately a third of a percent – 9,329 votes. Two days after the election, on November 9, 2006, Allen held a press conference in Alexandria, Virginia, announcing that he had conceded the race to Webb and would not seek a recount.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His defeat was widely attributed to the remarks made by him on the trail.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenure_2">Tenure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Tenure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The bills that Allen introduced or authored in the Senate include:<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Introduced Constitutional Amendment to balance the budget<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Introduced Line Item Veto<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Introduced Paycheck Penalty Legislation, which withholds salaries from Congress until a budget is passed by beginning of the fiscal year<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Introduced National Innovation Act, to promote growth of American science and engineering by grants, scholarships and training<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Introduced "Long-Term Care Act", which would allow people to use their <a href="/wiki/401(k)" title="401(k)">401(k)</a> accounts to pay for long-term care insurance<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Introduced "Flexibility for Champion Schools Act", which would allow states with higher education standards to lower their standards to match federal standards<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Co-authored the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Tax_Nondiscrimination_Act" title="Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act">Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act</a>, which extends the ban on various <a href="/wiki/Internet_taxes" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet taxes">Internet taxes</a> until 2007</li></ul> <dl><dt>21st century Nanotechnology Research & Development Act</dt></dl> <p>In 2002, Allen co-sponsored, together with Senators <a href="/wiki/Ron_Wyden" title="Ron Wyden">Ron Wyden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Lieberman" title="Joe Lieberman">Joe Lieberman</a>, bipartisan legislation that promoted nanotechnology research and development in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-HT-10-01-02_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-10-01-02-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 21st century Nanotechnology Research & Development Act<sup id="cite_ref-HT-10-01-02_86-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-10-01-02-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was signed into law by President Bush on December 3, 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-HT-12-03-03_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-12-03-03-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Act launched the National Nanotechnology Program, to establish goals, priorities, and metrics for evaluation of federal nanotechnology research and development, investment in federal nanotech research and development programs, and provide for interagency coordination of federal nanotechnology activities.<sup id="cite_ref-HT-6-11-09_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-6-11-09-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The National Nanotechnology Program, the single largest federally funded, multi-agency scientific research initiative since the space program in the 1960s, got $3.63 billion of funding over the period of four years.<sup id="cite_ref-HT-04-05-06_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-04-05-06-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Allen was the founding Chair of the Congressional Nanotechnology Caucus.<sup id="cite_ref-HT-04-05-06_89-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-04-05-06-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009, he joined the board of the company Nano Risk Assessment, Inc.<sup id="cite_ref-HT-6-11-09_88-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-6-11-09-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Committee_assignments_3">Committee assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Committee assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Allen was a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Commerce,_Science,_and_Transportation" title="United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation">Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Small_Business_and_Entrepreneurship" title="United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship">Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relations" title="United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations">Foreign Relations Committee</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Energy_and_Natural_Resources" title="United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources">Energy and Natural Resources Committee</a>. </p><p>Allen was appointed in the last <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">Congress</a> to serve as the chairman of the High Tech Task Force. Allen was elected as a member of the Senate Republican leadership as Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/National_Republican_Senatorial_Committee" title="National Republican Senatorial Committee">National Republican Senatorial Committee</a> in 2002; he oversaw a net gain of four seats for the Republicans in the <a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2004 United States Senate elections">2004 Senate elections</a>. His successor as NRSC chair was Senator <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Dole" title="Elizabeth Dole">Elizabeth Dole</a>. Dole was chairman of the <a href="/wiki/National_Republican_Senatorial_Committee" title="National Republican Senatorial Committee">NRSC</a> in 2006, when Allen was defeated for re-election by Jim Webb. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-Senate_career_(2007–present)"><span id="Post-Senate_career_.282007.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Post-Senate career (2007–present)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Post-Senate career (2007–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_ambitions">Political ambitions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Political ambitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2008_presidential_election">2008 presidential election</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: 2008 presidential election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to his loss to Webb in the November 2006 senatorial election, Allen had traveled a number of times to <a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa</a> (the first state with a <a href="/wiki/Iowa_Caucus" class="mw-redirect" title="Iowa Caucus">presidential caucus</a>) and <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a> (the first state with a <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="New Hampshire primary">presidential primary</a>). He had been widely assumed to be preparing a run for president.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a survey of 175 Washington insiders by <i><a href="/wiki/National_Journal" title="National Journal">National Journal</a></i>, released in April 2005, Allen was the frontrunner for the Republican nomination for the <a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 2008">2008 presidential election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an insider survey by <i>National Journal</i> a year later, in May 2006, Allen had dropped to second place, and <a href="/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain">John McCain</a> held a 3-to-1 lead over Allen.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the November 2006 election, it was widely assumed that Allen was no longer a viable candidate for the Republican nomination, principally because of the damage caused by the incidents that caused his double-digit lead in the polls to turn to a narrow defeat that contributed to the Republicans' loss of control of the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On December 10, 2006, Allen gave an interview in which he stated that he would not seek the 2008 nomination.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2007, the campaign of GOP presidential candidate <a href="/wiki/Fred_Thompson" title="Fred Thompson">Fred Thompson</a> announced that Allen was one of three national co-chairs for the 2008 presidential campaign. That month, Allen declined to speculate on his political future. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2009_gubernatorial_election">2009 gubernatorial election</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: 2009 gubernatorial election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Commenting on the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_gubernatorial_election,_2009" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia gubernatorial election, 2009">2009 governor's race in Virginia</a>, Allen not only said that he had made no decisions but that "Susan and I have listened to a lot of people encouraging us to do that."<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 8, 2008, Allen said that he would not run for governor in 2009, but later left open the possibility of challenging Democratic senator Webb in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_activism">Political activism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Political activism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 2007, Allen became a <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Reagan</a> Scholar with <a href="/wiki/Young_America%27s_Foundation" title="Young America's Foundation">Young America's Foundation</a>. He is also the President of George Allen Strategies, a lobbying and consulting firm based in <a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Virginia" title="Alexandria, Virginia">Alexandria</a>, Virginia,<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a position he had held since July 2007. Between January 2010 and August 2011, he was paid $347,000 by the firm.<sup id="cite_ref-Energy_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Energy-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2009, Allen started the American Energy Freedom Center, a non-profit <a href="/wiki/Conservative_think_tank" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative think tank">conservative think tank</a> that is a project of the <a href="/wiki/Institute_for_Energy_Research" title="Institute for Energy Research">Institute for Energy Research</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WaPo_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WaPo-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was paid $20,000 to be the center's chairman in 2010; he ceased his affiliation with the organization in December of that year.<sup id="cite_ref-Energy_100-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Energy-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2010, <a href="/wiki/Regnery_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="Regnery Press">Regnery Press</a> published Allen's first book, <i>What Washington Can Learn From the World of Sports</i>, in which he drew parallels and contrasts between two of the nation's favorite passions. Allen suggested that government needed to look no further than the football field, baseball diamond, or basketball court to solve today's pressing problems because, in sports, teamwork is essential, cheating is frowned upon, and the rules do not change.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In September 2024, Allen was one of several former governors to sign an open letter to all 50 current governors urging them to certify their states’ votes after the upcoming November election.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2012_U.S._Senate_election">2012 U.S. Senate election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: 2012 U.S. Senate election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="2012 United States Senate election in Virginia">2012 United States Senate election in Virginia</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Allen_Crozet.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/George_Allen_Crozet.jpg/150px-George_Allen_Crozet.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/George_Allen_Crozet.jpg/225px-George_Allen_Crozet.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/George_Allen_Crozet.jpg/300px-George_Allen_Crozet.jpg 2x" data-file-width="797" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Allen campaigning at the July 4, 2011, parade in <a href="/wiki/Crozet,_Virginia" title="Crozet, Virginia">Crozet, Virginia</a></figcaption></figure><p> On January 24, 2011, Allen announced, through a video on his campaign website, that he was running for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, to reclaim the seat he lost to Senator Jim Webb in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-huffpost1-24-11_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-huffpost1-24-11-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the June Republican primary, Allen secured the nomination with more than 65% of the vote, defeating <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Radtke" class="mw-redirect" title="Jamie Radtke">Jamie Radtke</a> (23%), <a href="/wiki/Robert_G._Marshall" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert G. Marshall">Robert G. Marshall</a> (7%) and E.W. Jackson (5%).<sup id="cite_ref-virginia-board-of-elections_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-virginia-board-of-elections-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2011, Webb announced he would not seek reelection.<sup id="cite_ref-rc01_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rc01-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Allen faced former Virginia governor Tim Kaine in the November 2012 general election for the seat, and lost by a 53%–47% margin.<sup id="cite_ref-Richmond_Times-Dispatch_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Richmond_Times-Dispatch-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2012_Races_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012_Races-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>U.S. Senate election, 2012 </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Democratic Party">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Tim_Kaine" title="Tim Kaine">Tim Kaine</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>2,010,067 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>52.87 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Republican Party">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">George Allen </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,785,542 </td> <td style="text-align:right">46.96 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidates" class="mw-redirect" title="Write-in candidates">Write-in candidates</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">6,587 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.17 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>U.S. Senate Republican primary, 2012 </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Republican Party">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>George Allen </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>167,452 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>65.45 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Republican Party">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Radtke" class="mw-redirect" title="Jamie Radtke">Jamie Radtke</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">58,980 </td> <td style="text-align:right">23.05 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Republican Party">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Marshall_(Virginia_politician)" title="Bob Marshall (Virginia politician)">Bob Marshall</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">17,308 </td> <td style="text-align:right">6.76 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Republican Party">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/E.W._Jackson" class="mw-redirect" title="E.W. Jackson">E.W. Jackson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">12,086 </td> <td style="text-align:right">4.72 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>U.S. Senate election, 2006 </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Democratic Party">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Jim_Webb" title="Jim Webb">Jim Webb</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>1,175,606 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>49.59 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Republican Party">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">George Allen (incumbent) </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,166,277 </td> <td style="text-align:right">49.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0BDA51;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Greens_of_Virginia" title="Independent Greens of Virginia">Independent Greens</a> </td> <td class="fn">Gail Parker </td> <td style="text-align:right">26,102 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidates" class="mw-redirect" title="Write-in candidates">Write-in candidates</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,460 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>2,370,445 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>U.S. Senate election, 2000 </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Republican Party">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>George Allen </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>1,420,460 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>52.26 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Democratic Party">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Robb" title="Chuck Robb">Chuck Robb</a> (incumbent) </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,296,093 </td> <td style="text-align:right">47.68 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Write-in candidates </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,748 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.06 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>2,718,301 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Virginia gubernatorial election, 1993 </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Republican Party">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>George Allen </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>1,045,319 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>58.27 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Democratic Party">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mary_Sue_Terry" title="Mary Sue Terry">Mary Sue Terry</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">733,527 </td> <td style="text-align:right">40.89 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Nancy B. Spannaus </td> <td style="text-align:right">14,398 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Write-in candidates </td> <td style="text-align:right">672 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.04 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>1,793,916 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Virginia's 7th congressional district special election, 1991 </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Republican Party">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>George Allen </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>106,745 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>63.93 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Democratic Party">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Kay Slaughter </td> <td style="text-align:right">59,655 </td> <td style="text-align:right">35.73 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Torrice </td> <td style="text-align:right">566 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.34 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>166,966 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Virginia House of Delegates 58th District election, 1989<sup id="cite_ref-1989e_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1989e-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Republican Party">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>George Allen </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>14,560 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>99.02 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Write-in candidates </td> <td style="text-align:right">144 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.98 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>14,704 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Virginia House of Delegates 58th District election, 1987<sup id="cite_ref-1987e_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1987e-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Republican Party">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>George Allen </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>12,503 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>99.86 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Write-in candidates </td> <td style="text-align:right">18 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.14 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>12,521 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Virginia House of Delegates 58th District election, 1985<sup id="cite_ref-1985e_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1985e-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Republican Party">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>George Allen </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>9,698 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>99.81 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Write-in candidates </td> <td style="text-align:right">18 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.19 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>9,716 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Virginia House of Delegates 58th District election, 1983<sup id="cite_ref-1983e_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1983e-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Republican Party">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>George Allen </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>8,353 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>53.36 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Democratic Party">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">James B. Murray </td> <td style="text-align:right">7,298 </td> <td style="text-align:right">46.62 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Write-in candidates </td> <td style="text-align:right">2 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.02 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>15,653 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Virginia House of Delegates 58th District election, 1982<sup id="cite_ref-1982e_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1982e-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Republican Party">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>George Allen </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>6,897 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>50.08 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Democratic Party">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">James B. Murray </td> <td style="text-align:right">6,872 </td> <td style="text-align:right">49.90 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Write-in candidates </td> <td style="text-align:right">2 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.02 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>13,771 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Virginia House of Delegates 26th District election, 1979<sup id="cite_ref-1979e_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1979e-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(Two seats represented the 26th District) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Democratic Party">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Thomas J. Michie Jr. </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>12,461 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>29.51 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Democratic Party">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>James B. Murray </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>11,403 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>27.01 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Republican Party">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">George Allen </td> <td style="text-align:right">9,527 </td> <td style="text-align:right">22.56 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Republican Party">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Virginia Hahn </td> <td style="text-align:right">8,828 </td> <td style="text-align:right">20.91 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>42,219 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Allen married Anne Patrice Rubel in June 1979. They divorced in 1983. In 1986, Allen married Susan Brown. The couple has three children. The Allens are residents of <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Beach,_Virginia" title="Virginia Beach, Virginia">Virginia Beach</a>, Virginia. </p><p>Allen is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbyterian Church">Presbyterian Church</a>. He is fond of using <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> <a href="/wiki/Metaphor" title="Metaphor">metaphors</a>, a tendency that has been remarked upon by journalists and political commentators.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Virginia" title="List of governors of Virginia">List of governors of Virginia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Allen_(American_politician)&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFMulkern2009" class="citation web cs1">Mulkern, Anne C. 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A14.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">LaDonna Pavetti; Nancy Wemmerus <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/PDFs/vafull.pdf.">February 1999</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110727130831/http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/PDFs/vafull.pdf.">Archived</a> July 27, 2011, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6-30-10-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6-30-10_43-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Report of the Department of Social Services <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://leg2.state.va.us/dls/h&sdocs.nsf/fc86c2b17a1cf388852570f9006f1299/9c300efba45f74e28525656e0058dc0a/$FILE/HD22_1998.pdf">"Making Welfare Work: Virginia's Transformation From Dependency to Opportunity", June 30, 2010 </a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110819230644/http://leg2.state.va.us/dls/h%26sdocs.nsf/fc86c2b17a1cf388852570f9006f1299/9c300efba45f74e28525656e0058dc0a/%24FILE/HD22_1998.pdf">Archived</a> August 19, 2011, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HT-10-28-1994-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HT-10-28-1994_44-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gemma Jr., Peter B., <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/4191231.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS&date=Oct+28%2C+1994&author=Gemma%2C+Peter+B+Jr&pub=USA+TODAY&edition=&startpage=A10&desc=Answer+is+easy%3A++Get+tough">"Answer is Easy: Get Tough"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121105102827/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/4191231.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS&date=Oct+28,+1994&author=Gemma,+Peter+B+Jr&pub=USA+TODAY&edition=&startpage=A10&desc=Answer+is+easy:++Get+tough">Archived</a> November 5, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, "USA Today, pg A10, Retrieved July 8, 2010</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HT-10-05-1994-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HT-10-05-1994_45-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=VP&p_theme=vp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=Parole%20Abolition%20Passes;%20Get%20On%20With%20It&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=1994&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=%28Parole%20Abolition%20Passes;%20Get%20On%20With%20It%29&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no">"Parole Abolition Passes: Get On With It"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120111143054/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=VP&p_theme=vp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=Parole%20Abolition%20Passes%3B%20Get%20On%20With%20It&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=1994&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=%28Parole%20Abolition%20Passes%3B%20Get%20On%20With%20It%29&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no">Archived</a> January 11, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, "The Virginian-Pilot, pg. A14. Retrieved July 3, 2010</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HT-04-05-01-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HT-04-05-01_46-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HT-04-05-01_46-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HT-04-05-01_46-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HT-04-05-01_46-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HT-04-05-01_46-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Ostrom, Brian J., <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/187677.pdf">"PDF – Truth-in-Sentencing in Virginia"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081203061910/http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/187677.pdf">Archived</a> December 3, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Report Prepared for the National Institute of Justice, April 5, 2001</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HT-10-05-94-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HT-10-05-94_47-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=VP&p_theme=vp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=Parole%20Abolition%20Passes%3B%20Get%20On%20With%20It&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=1994&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=%28Parole%20Abolition%20Passes%3B%20Get%20On%20With%20It%29&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no">"Parole Abolition Passes; Get On With It"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120111143054/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=VP&p_theme=vp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=Parole%20Abolition%20Passes%3B%20Get%20On%20With%20It&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=1994&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=%28Parole%20Abolition%20Passes%3B%20Get%20On%20With%20It%29&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no">Archived</a> January 11, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, "The Virginian-Pilot., pg. A14, Retrieved July 3, 2010</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HT-10-14-04-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HT-10-14-04_48-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Shear, Michael D., <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-217303.html">"Passions Still High On Va. Ban Of Parole; Credit for Decline In Crime Disputed"</a>, The Washington Post", p. B04, Retrieved July 7, 2010</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HT-04-07-08-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HT-04-07-08_49-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Fogle, Adam, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.palmettoscoop.com/2008/04/07/allen-abolishing-parole-worked-in-virginia-would-work-in-sc/">"Allen: Abolishing parole worked in Virginia, would work in SC"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090106110505/http://www.palmettoscoop.com/2008/04/07/allen-abolishing-parole-worked-in-virginia-would-work-in-sc/">Archived</a> January 6, 2009, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, "The Palmetto Scoop", April 7, 2008</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HT-7-12-10-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HT-7-12-10_50-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HT-7-12-10_50-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Brenda Lawson <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://hdl.handle.net/10919/30023">“Chapter 1 Introduction to the Study”</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240419073836/https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/assets/virginiatech/images/vtimages/swoop.jpg">Archived</a> April 19, 2024, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, July 12, 2010</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HT-7-29-10-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HT-7-29-10_51-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Joel Himelfarb, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hoover.org/publications/policy-review/article/7761">“Policy Review”</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118034156/http://www.hoover.org/publications/policy-review/article/7761">Archived</a> January 18, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, "Hoover Publications", July 29, 2010</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HT-2-26-97-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HT-2-26-97_52-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HT-2-26-97_52-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RTDB&p_theme=rtdb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_hidethis=no&p_field_label-0=Author&p_field_label-1=title&p_bool_label-1=AND&p_text_label-1=Making%20the%20Grade&s_dispstring=Making%20the%20Grade%20AND%20headline%28Making%20the%20Grade%29%20AND%20date%28February%2026,_1997%20to%202/26/1997%29&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=February%2026,%201997%20to%202/26/1997%29&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=%28Making%20the%20Grade%29&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&">“Making The Grade”</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170218035708/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RTDB&p_theme=rtdb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_hidethis=no&p_field_label-0=Author&p_field_label-1=title&p_bool_label-1=AND&p_text_label-1=Making%20the%20Grade&s_dispstring=Making%20the%20Grade%20AND%20headline%28Making%20the%20Grade%29%20AND%20date%28February%2026,_1997%20to%202/26/1997%29&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=February%2026,%201997%20to%202/26/1997%29&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=%28Making%20the%20Grade%29&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&">Archived</a> February 18, 2017, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i>Richmond Times Dispatch</i>, February 26, 1997</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HT-12-09-95-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HT-12-09-95_53-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">William Michael Paul, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RTDB&p_theme=rtdb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_hidethis=no&p_field_label-0=Author&p_field_label-1=title&p_bool_label-1=AND&s_dispstring=champion%20school%20commission%20AND%20date(12/09/1995%20to%2012/9/1995)&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=12/09/1995%20to%2012/9/1995&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=(champion%20school%20commission)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no">“Champion School Commission Adopts Many Choice Proposals”</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180412145615/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RTDB&p_theme=rtdb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_hidethis=no&p_field_label-0=Author&p_field_label-1=title&p_bool_label-1=AND&s_dispstring=champion%20school%20commission%20AND%20date(12/09/1995%20to%2012/9/1995)&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=12/09/1995%20to%2012/9/1995&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=(champion%20school%20commission)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no">Archived</a> April 12, 2018, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, "Richmond Times Dispatch", December 9, 1995</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HT-7-21-10-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HT-7-21-10_54-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ann Bradley, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.edweek.org/login.html?source=http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/1996/04/24/31va.h15.html&destination=http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/1996/04/24/31va.h15.html&levelId=2100">“Va. Governor Victorious in Rejecting Goals 2000”</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120319224310/http://www.edweek.org/login.html?source=http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/1996/04/24/31va.h15.html&destination=http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/1996/04/24/31va.h15.html&levelId=2100">Archived</a> March 19, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Education Week", July 21, 2010</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HT-12-09-98-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HT-12-09-98_55-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.policyarchive.org/handle/10207/bitstreams/9515.pdf">“Remarks of Governor George Allen to the Heritage Foundation”</a>, The Heritage Foundation", December 9, 1998</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HT-6-27-97-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HT-6-27-97_56-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Spencer S. Hsu <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160409224432/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-722422.html">“Prodded by Allen, Va. School Panel Seeks U.S. Funds”</a> <i>The Washington Post</i> pg B07</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HT-01-18-98-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HT-01-18-98_57-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Christie Mark <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=VP&p_theme=vp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=Unabashed%20Hosanna&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=1998&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=(Unabashed%20Hosanna)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no">“Allen's Legacy; a GOP Insider Offers An Unabashed Hosanna To A Leader Whose Works Set A Mark; For Effective Government.”</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120111152534/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=VP&p_theme=vp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=Unabashed%20Hosanna&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=1998&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=(Unabashed%20Hosanna)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no">Archived</a> January 11, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, The Virginian-Pilot, January 18, 1998</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-58">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNixon1999" class="citation news cs1">Nixon, Ron (April 25, 1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rowanorleman/Water/Toxics/Virginia_Water_Toxics_Scandal.HTML#2">"Toxin Data Kept Secret; Few Had Access to DEQ Database"</a>. <i>The Roanoke Times</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130718145259/http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rowanorleman/Water/Toxics/Virginia_Water_Toxics_Scandal.HTML#2">Archived</a> from the original on July 18, 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 30,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Roanoke+Times&rft.atitle=Toxin+Data+Kept+Secret%3B+Few+Had+Access+to+DEQ+Database&rft.date=1999-04-25&rft.aulast=Nixon&rft.aufirst=Ron&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ffreepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com%2F~rowanorleman%2FWater%2FToxics%2FVirginia_Water_Toxics_Scandal.HTML%232&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+Allen+%28American+politician%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rowanorleman/Water/Toxics/Virginia_Water_Toxics_Scandal.HTML#3">"DEQ denied scientists access to data"</a>. <i>Associated Press</i>. April 25, 1999. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130718145259/http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rowanorleman/Water/Toxics/Virginia_Water_Toxics_Scandal.HTML#3">Archived</a> from the original on July 18, 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 30,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Associated+Press&rft.atitle=DEQ+denied+scientists+access+to+data&rft.date=1999-04-25&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ffreepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com%2F~rowanorleman%2FWater%2FToxics%2FVirginia_Water_Toxics_Scandal.HTML%233&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+Allen+%28American+politician%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-60">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTimberg2000" class="citation news cs1">Timberg, Craig (October 14, 2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rowanorleman/Water/Toxics/Virginia_Water_Toxics_Scandal.HTML#21">"An Environmental Question Mark; Allen, Opponents Dispute His Legacy in Va"</a>. <i>The Washington Post</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130718145259/http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rowanorleman/Water/Toxics/Virginia_Water_Toxics_Scandal.HTML#21">Archived</a> from the original on July 18, 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 30,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Washington+Post&rft.atitle=An+Environmental+Question+Mark%3B+Allen%2C+Opponents+Dispute+His+Legacy+in+Va.&rft.date=2000-10-14&rft.aulast=Timberg&rft.aufirst=Craig&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ffreepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com%2F~rowanorleman%2FWater%2FToxics%2FVirginia_Water_Toxics_Scandal.HTML%2321&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+Allen+%28American+politician%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IewyAAAAIBAJ&pg=6493,5002164&dq=virginia-toxics-database&hl=en">"Stafford News Digest: Environment"</a>. <i>The Free Lance-Star</i>. 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Allen Receives Northern Virginia Technology Council 2006 Chairman’s Award”</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121012171158/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/senator-george-allen-receives-nvtc-2006-chairmans-award-55974982.html">Archived</a> October 12, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, "PR Newswire", April 5, 2006</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-90"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-90">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHeilemann2006" class="citation news cs1">Heilemann, John (March 13, 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/16381/">"George III"</a>. <i>New York Magazine</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060527173140/http://www.nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/16381/">Archived</a> from the original on May 27, 2006<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/S8VA00214">Financial information (federal office)</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Election_Commission" title="Federal Election Commission">Federal Election Commission</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/22404">Profile</a> at <a href="/wiki/Vote_Smart" title="Vote Smart">Vote Smart</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.c-span.org/person/?21714">Appearances</a> on <a href="/wiki/C-SPAN" title="C-SPAN">C-SPAN</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061024152826/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14973254/site/newsweek/">Who Is George Allen, Anyway?</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Newsweek" title="Newsweek">Newsweek</a></i>, October 2, 2006</li></ul> <dl><dt>Archival Records</dt></dl> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wayback.archive-it.org/386/*/http://www.georgeallen.com/">Archived Web Site of George Allen for U.S. Senate, 2006</a> part of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.archive-it.org/public/collection.html?id=386">Virginia Statewide Election Campaign Websites, 2006</a> at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/archival_web_collections">Virginia Memory</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/cocoon/vivaead/published/lva/vi03041.xml.frame">A Guide to the Executive Office Records of Virginia Governor George F. Allen, 1993–1998</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222743/http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/cocoon/vivaead/published/lva/vi03041.xml.frame">Archived</a> March 3, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lva.virginia.gov/">The Library of Virginia</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/cocoon/vivaead/published/lva/vi03042.xml.frame">A Guide to the Policy Office Records of Virginia Governor George F. Allen, 1993–1998</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221049/http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/cocoon/vivaead/published/lva/vi03042.xml.frame">Archived</a> March 3, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lva.virginia.gov/">The Library of Virginia</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/cocoon/vivaead/published/lva/vi03044.xml.frame">A Guide to the Press Office Records of Virginia Governor George F. Allen, 1993–1998</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060238/http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/cocoon/vivaead/published/lva/vi03044.xml.frame">Archived</a> March 4, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lva.virginia.gov/">The Library of Virginia</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/cocoon/vivaead/published/lva/vi03037.xml.frame">A Guide to the Liaison Office Records of Virginia Governor George F. Allen, 1994–1998</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022804/http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/cocoon/vivaead/published/lva/vi03037.xml.frame">Archived</a> March 4, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lva.virginia.gov/">The Library of Virginia</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/cocoon/vivaead/published/lva/vi03040.xml.frame">A Guide to the Executive Mansion and First Lady's Event Records of Virginia Governor George F. Allen, 1994–1997</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224730/http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/cocoon/vivaead/published/lva/vi03040.xml.frame">Archived</a> March 3, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lva.virginia.gov/">The Library of Virginia</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/lva/vi03039.xml.frame">A Guide to the Scheduling Office Records of Virginia Governor George F. Allen, 1993–1998</a> at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lva.virginia.gov/">The Library of Virginia</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/lva/vi03038.xml.frame">A Guide to the Transition Office Briefing Records of Virginia Governor George F. Allen, 1997–1998</a> at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lva.virginia.gov/">The Library of Virginia</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/lva/vi03043.xml.frame">A Guide to the Working Papers of Virginia Governor George F. Allen, 1994–1997</a> at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lva.virginia.gov/">The Library of Virginia</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_House_of_Delegates" title="Virginia House of Delegates">Virginia House of Delegates</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><i>Constituency established</i></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the Virginia House of Delegates<br />from the <a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_58th_House_of_Delegates_district" title="Virginia's 58th House of Delegates district">58th</a> district </b><br />1983–1991 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Peter_T._Way" title="Peter T. Way">Peter T. Way</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/D._French_Slaughter_Jr." title="D. French Slaughter Jr.">French Slaughter</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Representatives_from_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Representatives from Virginia">U.S. House of Representatives</a><br />from Virginia's 7th congressional district </b><br />1991–1993 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._Bliley_Jr." title="Thomas J. Bliley Jr.">Thomas Bliley</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Coleman" title="Marshall Coleman">Marshall Coleman</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Republican nominee for Governor of Virginia </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1993_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1993 Virginia gubernatorial election">1993</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gilmore" title="Jim Gilmore">Jim Gilmore</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Frist" title="Bill Frist">Bill Frist</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee </b><br />2003–2005 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Dole" title="Elizabeth Dole">Elizabeth Dole</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Oliver_North" title="Oliver North">Oliver North</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Republican nominee for <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">U.S. Senator</a> from Virginia<br />(<a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators" class="mw-redirect" title="Classes of United States Senators">Class 1</a>) </b><br /><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="2000 United States Senate election in Virginia">2000</a>, <a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="2006 United States Senate election in Virginia">2006</a>, <a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="2012 United States Senate election in Virginia">2012</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Corey_Stewart" title="Corey Stewart">Corey Stewart</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Wilder" title="Douglas Wilder">Douglas Wilder</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">Governor of Virginia</a> </b><br />1994–1998 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gilmore" title="Jim Gilmore">Jim Gilmore</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Robb" title="Chuck Robb">Chuck Robb</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senators_from_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Senators from Virginia">United States Senator (Class 1) from Virginia</a> </b><br />2001–2007 <br />Served alongside: <b><a href="/wiki/John_Warner" title="John Warner">John Warner</a></b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Webb" title="Jim Webb">Jim Webb</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cfc;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_order_of_precedence" title="United States order of precedence">U.S. order of precedence</a> (ceremonial) </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Paul_S._Trible_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Paul S. Trible Jr.">Paul S. Trible Jr.</a></div><i><b>as Former US Senator </b></i> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_States_order_of_precedence" title="United States order of precedence">Order of precedence of the United States</a> </b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Webb" title="Jim Webb">Jim Webb</a></div><i><b>as Former US Senator </b></i> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl 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href="/wiki/Virginia_Company_of_London" title="Virginia Company of London">Virginia Company</a><br /> proprietary colony</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Maria_Wingfield" title="Edward Maria Wingfield">Wingfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ratcliffe_(governor)" title="John Ratcliffe (governor)">Ratcliffe</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Scrivener" title="Matthew Scrivener">Scrivener</a> (acting)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(explorer)" title="John Smith (explorer)">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Percy_(governor)" title="George Percy (governor)">Percy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Gates_(governor)" title="Thomas Gates (governor)">Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_West,_3rd_Baron_De_La_Warr" title="Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr">T. West (De La Warr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Dale" title="Thomas Dale">Dale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Yeardley" title="George Yeardley">Yeardley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Argall" title="Samuel Argall">Argall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Wyatt" title="Francis Wyatt">Wyatt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_West" title="Francis West">F. West</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/John_Pott" title="John Pott">Pott</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Crown colony</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Harvey_(Virginia_governor)" title="John Harvey (Virginia governor)">Harvey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_West_(governor)" title="John West (governor)">J. West</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/George_Reade_(colonial_governor)" title="George Reade (colonial governor)">Reade</a> (acting)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Berkeley_(governor)" title="William Berkeley (governor)">Berkeley</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Jeffreys_(colonial_governor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Herbert Jeffreys (colonial governor)">Jeffreys</a> (acting)</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Kemp_(governor)" title="Richard Kemp (governor)">Kemp</a> (acting)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bennett_(governor)" title="Richard Bennett (governor)">Bennett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Digges" title="Edward Digges">Digges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Matthews_(captain)" title="Samuel Matthews (captain)">Mathews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Colepeper,_2nd_Baron_Colepeper" title="Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper">Colepeper</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Chicheley" title="Henry Chicheley">Chicheley</a> (acting)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Howard,_5th_Baron_Howard_of_Effingham" title="Francis Howard, 5th Baron Howard of Effingham">Howard of Effingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Andros" title="Edmund Andros">Andros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Nicholson" title="Francis Nicholson">Nicholson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Nott" title="Edward Nott">Nott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Jenings_(governor)" title="Edmund Jenings (governor)">Jenings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hunter_(colonial_administrator)" title="Robert Hunter (colonial administrator)">Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Hamilton,_1st_Earl_of_Orkney" title="George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney">Orkney</a> (absentee)</li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Spotswood" title="Alexander Spotswood">Spotswood</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Drysdale" title="Hugh Drysdale">Drysdale</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Carter_I" title="Robert Carter I">"King" Carter</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Gooch,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet">Gooch</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willem_van_Keppel,_2nd_Earl_of_Albemarle" title="Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle">Albemarle</a> (absentee)</li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Gooch,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet">Gooch</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Lee_(Virginia_colonist)" title="Thomas Lee (Virginia colonist)">Lee</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Burwell_family_of_Virginia#Lewis_Burwell_I/II_(1711–1756)" title="Burwell family of Virginia">Burwell</a> (acting)</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Dinwiddie" title="Robert Dinwiddie">Dinwiddie</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Campbell,_4th_Earl_of_Loudoun" title="John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun">Loudoun</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Francis_Fauquier" title="Francis Fauquier">Fauquier</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffery_Amherst,_1st_Baron_Amherst" title="Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst">Amherst</a> (absentee)</li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Francis_Fauquier" title="Francis Fauquier">Fauquier</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norborne_Berkeley,_4th_Baron_Botetourt" title="Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt">Botetourt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Nelson_(governor)" title="William Nelson (governor)">W. Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Murray,_4th_Earl_of_Dunmore" title="John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore">Dunmore</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Seal_of_Virginia.svg/75px-Seal_of_Virginia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Seal_of_Virginia.svg/113px-Seal_of_Virginia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Seal_of_Virginia.svg/150px-Seal_of_Virginia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Virginia" title="List of governors of Virginia">Commonwealth of Virginia</a> <figure class="mw-halign-center mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia"><img alt="Virginia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/68px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/90px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></a><figcaption>Virginia</figcaption></figure></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Henry" title="Patrick Henry">Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Fleming_(governor)" title="William Fleming (governor)">Fleming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Nelson_Jr." title="Thomas Nelson Jr.">T. Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison_V" title="Benjamin Harrison V">B. Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Henry" title="Patrick Henry">Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Randolph" title="Edmund Randolph">E. Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beverley_Randolph" title="Beverley Randolph">B. Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Lee_III" title="Henry Lee III">H. Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Brooke_(Virginia_governor)" title="Robert Brooke (Virginia governor)">Brooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Wood_(governor)" title="James Wood (governor)">Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Monroe" title="James Monroe">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Page_(Virginia_politician)" title="John Page (Virginia politician)">Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Cabell" title="William H. Cabell">Cabell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Tyler_Sr." title="John Tyler Sr.">Tyler Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_William_Smith_(politician)" title="George William Smith (politician)">G. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Monroe" title="James Monroe">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_William_Smith_(politician)" title="George William Smith (politician)">G. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peyton_Randolph_(governor)" title="Peyton Randolph (governor)">P. Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Barbour" title="James Barbour">Barbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilson_Cary_Nicholas" title="Wilson Cary Nicholas">Nicholas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Patton_Preston" title="James Patton Preston">Preston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Mann_Randolph_Jr." title="Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.">T. Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Pleasants" title="James Pleasants">Pleasants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Tyler" title="John Tyler">Tyler Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Branch_Giles" title="William Branch Giles">Giles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Floyd_(Virginia_politician)" title="John Floyd (Virginia politician)">J. Floyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Littleton_Waller_Tazewell" title="Littleton Waller Tazewell">Tazewell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyndham_Robertson" title="Wyndham Robertson">Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Campbell_(Virginia_politician)" title="David Campbell (Virginia politician)">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Walker_Gilmer" title="Thomas Walker Gilmer">Gilmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_M._Patton" title="John M. Patton">Patton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Rutherfoord" title="John Rutherfoord">Rutherfoord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Munford_Gregory" title="John Munford Gregory">Gregory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_McDowell" title="James McDowell">McDowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Smith_(Virginia_governor)" title="William Smith (Virginia governor)">W. "EB" Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_B._Floyd" title="John B. Floyd">J. B. Floyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Johnson_(Virginia_politician)" title="Joseph Johnson (Virginia politician)">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_A._Wise" title="Henry A. Wise">Wise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Letcher" title="John Letcher">Letcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Smith_(Virginia_governor)" title="William Smith (Virginia governor)">W. "EB" Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Harrison_Pierpont" title="Francis Harrison Pierpont">Pierpont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_H._Wells" title="Henry H. 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Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waitman_T._Willey" title="Waitman T. Willey">Willey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lemuel_J._Bowden" title="Lemuel J. Bowden">Bowden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Lewis" title="John F. Lewis">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_E._Withers" title="Robert E. Withers">Withers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Mahone" title="William Mahone">Mahone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Daniel" title="John W. Daniel">Daniel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claude_A._Swanson" title="Claude A. Swanson">Swanson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_F._Byrd" title="Harry F. Byrd">Byrd Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_F._Byrd_Jr." title="Harry F. Byrd Jr.">Byrd Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Trible" title="Paul Trible">Trible</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Robb" title="Chuck Robb">Robb</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Webb" title="Jim Webb">Webb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Kaine" title="Tim Kaine">Kaine</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="United States Senate"><img alt="United States Senate" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/120px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/160px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1030" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Class 2</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Henry_Lee" title="Richard Henry Lee">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Taylor_of_Caroline" title="John Taylor of Caroline">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Tazewell" title="Henry Tazewell">H. 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Parker">Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Roane" title="William H. Roane">Roane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_S._Archer" title="William S. Archer">Archer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_M._T._Hunter" title="Robert M. T. Hunter">Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_S._Carlile" title="John S. Carlile">Carlile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Johnston" title="John W. Johnston">Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrison_H._Riddleberger" title="Harrison H. Riddleberger">Riddleberger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_S._Barbour_Jr." title="John S. Barbour Jr.">J. S. Barbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eppa_Hunton" title="Eppa Hunton">Hunton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Martin" title="Thomas S. Martin">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carter_Glass" title="Carter Glass">Glass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_G._Burch" title="Thomas G. Burch">Burch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Willis_Robertson" title="A. 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Venable">Venable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Randolph_of_Roanoke" title="John Randolph of Roanoke">Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Lewis_Jr._(Virginia_politician)" title="Joseph Lewis Jr. (Virginia politician)">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Caperton" title="Hugh Caperton">Caperton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballard_Smith_(Virginia_politician)" title="Ballard Smith (Virginia politician)">B. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Smith_(Virginia_representative)" title="William Smith (Virginia representative)">W. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabez_Leftwich" title="Jabez Leftwich">Leftwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Claiborne" title="Nathaniel Claiborne">Claiborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archibald_Stuart" title="Archibald Stuart">Stuart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_L._Goggin" title="William L. Goggin">Goggin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_A._Wise" title="Henry A. 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Bateman</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rick_Boucher" title="Rick Boucher">R. Boucher</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Olin" title="Jim Olin">J. Olin</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Norman_Sisisky" title="Norman Sisisky">N. Sisisky</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/D._French_Slaughter_Jr." title="D. French Slaughter Jr."><i>D. F. Slaughter</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Owen_B._Pickett" title="Owen B. Pickett">O. Pickett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lewis_F._Payne_Jr." title="Lewis F. Payne Jr.">L. Payne</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Moran" title="Jim Moran">J. Moran</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>G. Allen</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/107th_United_States_Congress" title="107th United States Congress">107th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Virginia" title="List of United States senators from Virginia">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Warner" title="John Warner">J. Warner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">G. Allen</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Virginia" title="List of United States representatives from Virginia">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_Wolf_(politician)" title="Frank Wolf (politician)">F. Wolf</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rick_Boucher" title="Rick Boucher">R. Boucher</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Norman_Sisisky" title="Norman Sisisky"><i>N. Sisisky</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Moran" title="Jim Moran">J. Moran</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bob_Goodlatte" title="Bob Goodlatte">B. 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