george allen?> i thought it was amazing that the governor, the republican governor would even talk about outstanding votes who haven't come in from really very democratic jurisdictions. prince women went 58% for obama. if i were the republican governor, i wouldn't be crowing that they're still out. also, fairfax went 60%. fairfax county went 60% for obama. he mentioned that. he did mention one, which is the largest city in virginia. virginia beach, which is a republican province. but brian moran, the chairman of the democratic party's enthusiasm and optimism is justified. >> let's boil this down for a minute. mitt romney has gotten up to a point where there's not a lot of room to grow based upon what is still left to count. >> i don't know how much is left in virginia beach. i stress that virginia beach is the largest city. so we don't know how much of the vote of virginia beach is out. but in terms of fairfax, and in terms of prince william those are democratic votes. they help the president, and

tim kaine versus george allen. now more on that pivotal and expensive contest. >> reporter: this is where george allen will be and tim kaine will be waiting for results at the marriott. they will lill literally not be far apart and that's fitting since that's the way it is in the polls, too. george allen will be in richmond tonight. he cast his ballot early in alexander re. a tim kaine woke up in richmond to vote and will stay put. both talked about the economy and planned defense cuts impacting virginia's military workers for months now. in the en, they wanted to make sure their name was on voters' minds going into the polls. supporter always butler short, posted signs outside a norton polling station. then she went in to vote. >> he is all about vote jobs. isn't that what this election is all about? the economy and he is about using the energy in virginia which again would create more jobs.

george allen did have a primary. he ran against two or three people who ran to the right of him. >> he had a tea party candidate, who was not initially the shoe in candidate. quickly dispensed of it. >> when i was down at the convention, i said where is george allen? he didn't go to the convention. >> hold that thought. here comes the senator elect for the state of virginia. this is tim kaine. it appears to introduce tim kaine. >> hello virginia! you know what? we did it again! [ cheers and applause ] >> and as mark warner speaks, i want to bring managing editor of the hill, bob cusack into the mix here. how much has george allen's macaca moment really affected his loss tonight? >> it's the reason he lost six years ago to senator jim web who obviously now is retiring. it was always mentioned in the race here. it seem like allen ran a very cautious campaign with this loss. you've got to think it's probably the end of his political career. he was once considered a presidential contender, they were talking about him run

we already heard from george allen, a concession speech. very gracious saying, hey, our ideas must county. it's been a tough campaign but also a joyful one. we are waiting to see tim kane hopefully come from behind that curtain. there he is, the man of the hour in virginia right now. tim kane, it's been a long race. a dead heat for most of the year, and now tim kane steps to the podium victorious, the former governor, very popular, just like george allen was. both of them very popular in the state. tim kane has won the election. now ready to sort of reap the benefits and celebrate the glory. >> a very closely watched race across the nation for the u.s. senate. and as you mentioned, derek, both very popular and somewhat moderate. and even in the final hours of the campaign, some of their ads were much more positive than some we saw in other races. >> very good point, anita. they started off very negative and there were negative ads throughout but at the end both men trying to make the case that they were the moderate ones, who could reach ac

but george allen is going to be finally making his way down to richmond. that's where he's going to be watching the returning come in later tonight and that's where his opponent is right now, tim kaine. he's going to be casting his vote in richmond, and, you know, we've been saying it all along, but this race absolutely critical because it could very well determine which party is going to control the senate. this race has received more money, perhaps even more attention than any other congressional contest in this country. and for the last year, it's been statistically pretty much a dead heat. now, there was a new poll out yesterday that gave a slight edge to kaine, just three points, but it's an edge republicans could easily offset with organized, aggressive turnout. i asked george allen about that poll today. he says he's not worried about it in the least. he said he was very heartend by the amount of people that had turned up early, even before the polls opened. before the polls opened at 6:00 a., there were about 200 people lined up here. they're all n

if it is george allen, it could help the republicans regained control. >> today is the final push for marriage and expanded gambling in maryland. martin o'malley spoke in favor question 6 and 7 today. both sides have spent millions ads. there are reportedly few and most people evenly split on both issues. >> we will be your all of for the election returns. coverage begins tomorrow at 7:00 have update onl eachocal races for you at hour . come, the latest on get life back to normal in the northeast following hurricane sandy. >> the gerlach -- thousands of absentee voters. how did this happen time and which one counts? explain in my report, coming up. >> the freeze warning in effect for tonight. [ mitt romney ] we have to work on a collaborative basis. look, the reason i'm in this race is there are people that are really hurting today in this country. and we face this deficit -- could crush the fututure generations. and republicans andemocrats both love america but we need to have leadership -- leadership in washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done and cou

george allen has the same record. host: we will get to the senate race in a minute but we will hear from wanda in a north carolina on the democrats' line. barbara comstock and brian moran of the best. caller: i was calling. in 2008 when president obama got in there, we were in trouble for the eight years president bush was there. i have seen a lot of changes in my life. i had children in college and they all succeeded. and when president obama did do the thing for the colleges, my daughter had came out without a whole lot of unnecessary -- having to pay back that money to her scholarship. my other daughter is still paying way over the amount and they are still suffering from that. i already voted. i did early voting. be arguing back and forth about democrat and republican and whenever. because all of us will go to one heaven or one hell and there should be togetherness. all the negative ads, it does hurt the independent voters and the one out here trying to vote because it is nothing nice. it is just mean. today, i ju

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george allen just isn't watching out for us. anncr: the democratic senatorial campaign committee is... responsible for the content of this advertising. my name is julian bond. i know a little something about fighting for what's right and just. maryland's gay and lesbian families share the same values and they should share in the right to marry. i believe people of faith understand this isn't about any one religious belief. it's about protecting the civil right to make a lifelong commitment to the person you love. join me in supporting question 6. it's the right thing to do. . >>> a final day on the trail for candidates. here's tom fitzgerald. >> reporter: we'll begin -- begin in our area. fairfax, virginia. the second of two virginia rallies, governor mitt romney argued that he would end the country's political division. >> i am maureen umeh with the mitt romney campaign in fairfax county, virginia, where a rally wrapped up here at george mason's university patriot center. governor romney trying to whip supporters into a friendy

he defeated republican george allen 53%-47%. megan mcgrath is live at tim kaine's headquarters with more. >> reporter: we're live at kaine headquarters in alexandria, virginia. you can see the homemade signs on the store front. it says tim kaine for virginia. kaine is attributing his success to this sort of grass roots support, grass roots enthusiasm. despite millions of dollars spent on this campaign by outside groups trying to influence the outcome from negative ads, in the end, kaine defeated george allen. kaine gave his acceptance speech before a crowd of supporters in richmond last night. he thanked them for all of their hard work in this very long campaign. george allen in his concession speech struck a similar tone. he also thanked his supporters. both men are saying that lots of work still needs to be done now that the election is over. >> now is the hard work. it's time for all of us in the commonwealth to come together and find solutions to our nation's common problems. and i'm optimistic that we can because that's the

that means the same can be said for george allen. they said they had to wait for a little while. we ended up catching up with allen this afternoon at a polling station near richmond. he stopped several polling spots today making one last appeal to voters. this race has been closed all along. in the past couple of days allen is three points behind tim kaine. overall, george allen says he has no regrets. >> i am proud of the race we have run. based on ideas, a blueprint for america's comeback. >> are you confident in the results tonight? >> i am as confident as you can be. >> george allen saying that " this is our generation's rendezvous with destiny." we can expect a very close results in both of those races. >> let's head over to the tim kaine campaign. >> it is indeed a vote between two governors. tim kaine is running neck and neck with george allen. the governor joins me right now. thank you so much, governor, for joining us. you were out and about this morning, all day. what are you hearing? how optimistic are you? >> i am optimistic but it is going to be close. turnout is real

you talked a minute go ago about the senate race going on between tim kaine and between george allen. tim kaine in his gubernatorial race, allen and also mark warner. virginia has gone increasingly purple. you have a situation where northern virginia, especially n areas of louden county and fairfax county, they have gotten progressively more democratic over the last few years. now, it's a different picture altogether when you go down to the county, parts of danville, over to roanoke. that is solid republican ground. for the most part, the formula to winning virginia, the last few election cycles, is to run hard if you're a democrat in the northern parts of virginia and do what can you around areas like richmond. that is a very urban voting block, strongly democratic base and see if can you piece together northern virginia, say richmond and newport news. the difference this year, though, is that mitt romney's campaign turned the logic on its head. they said no, we're going into fairfax county, loudoun county and there was a span of about three weeks here where the romney forces almost

the former governor and senator of virginia, george allen.plause] now, the democrat in this race, from richmond, va., a former governor of virginia, tim kaine. [applause] i think i told you we have an enthusiastic crowd. we do. thank you for agreeing to participate in this important debate and participate and put your self out there. we decided everything by the toss of a coin. the result of that, we will begin with governor kaine. 90 seconds. >> thank you for this opportunity. it is great to be back to virginia tech. i feel close to this community. we have challenges as a nation. the main one is to continue to accelerate the economy and grow jobs. in order to do that, we have to have a congress that knows how to work together. i learned some valuable lessons as mayor and governor. one started here on this campus. in 2008, we were going through what became the worst recession in 75 years. your president, and other university leaders, came and said, times are tough. why do we not do a construction campaign on the state colleges? there was an i

he's the democrat that beat george allen four years ago. allen was governor from 1994 to 1998 during a time of economic growth in both the state and the nation. kaine was governor of virginia from 2006 to 2010 and guided the commonwealth through a sharp economic downturn. now, here's where both stand on key positions. kaine says he would allow the bush-era tax cuts to expire for incomes above $500,000 a year. that is twice the level proposed by the white house. he also supports taking away subsidizes for big oil companies. now, george allen favors lowering taxes for job-creating businesses. he would also like to simplify the tax code for individuals, possibly even offering a flat tax option for individual taxpayers. now right now the polls give kaine a three-point lead in virginia over allen, but that is within the margin of error, so right now it's looking like anybody's race. we are back at the election wall in 30 minutes. we're going to give you an update in the race for same-sex marriage in maryland. i'm going to send it back to you. >>

george allen just isn't watching out for us. anncr: the democratic senatorial campaign committee is... responsible for the content of this advertising. [ minto ] you know, those ads saying mitt romney would ban all abortions and contraception seemed a bit extreme. so i looked into it. turns out, romney doesn't oppose contraception at in fact, he thinks abortion should be an option in cases of rape, incest, or to save a mother's life. this issue's important to me but i'm more concerned about the debt our children will be left with. i voted for president obama last time but we just can't afford four more years.ney and i approve this message. >> the impact of sandy is still being felt in our area. >> there is a handful of outages but it is frustrating for one family. this is like deja vu. >> a repeat of what these folks saw a couple of months ago when the strong storms came through. the men in power has been here all day hoping to restore tonight. they're telling us that 300 customers were left without power. >> this is the master

. >>> in the virginia senate race, democrat tim kaine held off a chal fedex republican george allen. kaine won a senate seat being vacated by jim webb and did it with strong support from younger voters and minorities. -- hell off a challenge from republican george allen. >> -- held off a challenge from republican george allen. >> it is time for all of us to come together to find common ground in our efforts to find solutions to our nation's common problems. >> with wins in both virginia and maryland, democrats are keeping control of the senate. >> that candidate in maryland, senator ben cardin. he won with 54% beating republican dan bongino. democrat keeping control of the senate again but just barely 1/3 of the senate was up for grabs. republicans lost two seats giving democrats control with 51 senators. in the house, republicans are keeping control despite losing a cup of seats in new hampshire and new york. in virginia, all 11 incumbents won re-election. and in maryland, john delaney beat republican roscoe bartlett. >>> a theme reminiscent of four years ago. i'm loud celebration o

and i don't want washington politicians like george allen... privatizing it. if george n allen wants to risk his own money on wall street... that's fine. but i don't want him risking mine. george allen just isn't watching out for us. anncr: the democratic senatorial campaign committee is... responsible for the content this advertising. >> welcome back. we continue our round table with our friends from politico. chris christie is making nice with the president. it can't hurt, can it? >> thisere is no way that it can hurt chris christie. it helps chris christie a lot. he is running for election in 2013 and he is embracing a president that is about to win re-election overwhelmingly in terms of new jersey. he is raised his profile with independents and democrats that might be interested. >> does this your wrench into mitt romney's momentum? >> it has stalled. this shows what an amazing advantage of having the president does. if you would imagine what event would most appeal to the 3% 4% whatever is left, modern people or nonpartisan. it is perfect. >> what do you t

a relationship kaine's opponent, george allen is trying to portray as bad thing. >> we want those dreamers. >> reporter: likewise, kin's campaign is trying to do the same with allen's ties to romney. the senate candidates are closely aligned with the presidential candidates on most issues >> i'm one who is a strong proponent of affordable, personal, and portable health savings accounts. >> the insurance companies can no longer use the preexisting condition club to be we're going to happened it rate back to them if we repeal the affordable care act. >> reporter: this year virginia's legislature approved strict regulations on abortion clinics. >> it's an attempt to end run roe v. wade but government shouldn't be in the business of making women's healthcare and moral decisions for them. >> i think medical services to women, there should be safety and cleanliness in those, so that's up to the states. >> reporter: since the virginia tech shootings gun laws have not changed despite efforts by victims and families. here's the mother of a wounded student trying to unsuccessfully convince george al

. >> george allen just conceded that race. julie is in richmond with more from tim kaine supporters. i imagine they're quite happy? >> there is a very fired-up crowd. they're getting ready for a victory speech. some of tim kaine's friends and family. he's held a lot of political titles in his career. virginia governor. he's been dnc chairman appointed by president obama and mayor and tonight he adds the title, virginia senator elect. by a slim margin he defeats republican challenger george allen to take over tha opened virginia senate seat. the seat opened because democrat jim webb decided not to run for re-election after a second term. it's been one of the most closely watched senate races in the country because it is one of the keyest of democrats. keeping control of the u.s. senate. we talked to virginia party chairman brian moran a short while ago and this is what he had to say about the big win tonight. >> we feel good. we've been looking at the numbers as soon as they started reporting and thank goodness northern virgini

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george allen. bob mcdonald who was a veteran and i and erik and president obama and john and the u.s. chamber of commerce, default is not an option even if the deal is ugly. mcdonald was asked you were on tim kaine's side. the result would be an international fiscal collapse. i did support a deal rather than a default but don't support defense cuts. a very specific plan to avoid them. we can avoid these cuts, let the bush tax cuts expire as they were intended to expire. fix medicare so we can negotiate over the price of prescription drugs and take away the tax subsidies. if you do those two things, now you don't need to find a trillion dollars of cuts. you need to find $235 billion of targeted savings over 10 years and everyone says we can do that. the secretary says we can find savings but don't give us a number that's too ugly or make us save on the wrong things rather than the right things. i put a specific plan on the table. each of these elements are compromises. now is the time for compromise

senate race going on between tim kaine and george allen in virginia going to be right now? early on, we're talked about whether the presidential race was going to affect the senate race. is the vice-versa happening here? >> and if barack obama -- i think tim kaine is running ahead of barack obama in virginia. he has coattails. if romney wins virginia and wins it by two or three points, i think george allen goes with him and i think there is a possibility of ticket splitting by virtue of the fact that you might have people voting for romney and cane. i will repeat the line that brian moran uses. it's the chairman of the democratic party in virginia. it's relevant to this. you find me one obama-allen voter. they don't exist. >> in less than an hour, they'll come to a close. >> thank you. >>> both vice presidential candidates cast their ballots. paul ryan voted in janesville, wisconsin. ryan and his wife went together with the kids to the polling like. after filling out his ballot, it was back to campaigning and ryan appeared in many places, including cleveland with romney in

i think that george allen's campaign has been very effective there. i think it will come down to the turnout. there is a strong correlation between the presidential race and the senate race. i think a lot will go very closely aligned and how virginia comes out. because we feel very good about governor romney's prospects, we also feel pretty good about george allen's prospects. >> harry reid said it was a fantasy to think the democrats would work with iran if he is elected. if there romney is elected, do you think democrats will work with a romney administration? if the president is reelected, will there be a more bipartisan spirit? >> however this comes out i hope we can get on with governing the country in doing the nation's business. we have some really big challenges. i do not think this is helpful or constructive or what the american people want to hear. i do think if governor romney is elected president and the democrats were to hang onto the senate, that creates a dynamic that we're going to have to navigate to try to get some things done for th

but george allen has not made our kids a priority. as governor, he tried to cut funding for public schools. in washington, allen voted to end tax deductions for college tuition. and now, a budget plan that devastates k-12 classrooms-- all to pay for even more tax breaks for the wealthy. seiu cope is responsible for the content of this ad. >>> in less than 24 hours, the polls will open on election day, the presidential race likely to be decided by a few battleground states, including, of course, virginia. >> latest polls show them in a virtual tie in the commonwealth. julie carey is in fairfax where mitt romney was making his final pitch today. julie? >> reporter: well, in the quiet you see outside the patriots center right now is not representative of what it was like most of the day. it was busy and it was noisy. mitt romney supporters seemed determined to show there is not an enthusiasm gap on their side as they hope to put virginia back in the republicans' column tomorrow. this final day of campaigning brought mitt romney one of his

does george allen really need to lock down prince william and louden if he has fair shot? imilar to the race governor romney needs to run. william and louden is bellwether counties. and will allen beat bob mcdonald or john mccain, that is what we are talking about. >> one of things that governor bob mcdonald have going for him was a strong base and hampton records and new port news in virginia beach and george allen doesn't seem to have this. so it is large wall for allen to scale? >> i think he will do equally as well. they say don't talk about mcdonald, because the elector was a third less. and it is question of that was a too small universe. there will be larger universe and the democrats will be better. . we will send it back up to you. >> stay with us for continuing coverage and we will bring you live results. and just a reminder, we will always be streaming live. ve. otta go because there is a race to call, and it is coming up right now, and away we go. at his election in america. i am shepherd smith in new york, and polls just close in the state of arkansas -- i am s

virginia's george allen.was the son of a hall of fame nfl coach and after serving as class president at the university of virginia, allen served in the virginia house of delegates as a congressman, as a governor and as united states senator. in december of 2005 shs the senator prepared for his reelection race, the insiders poll asked 100 republican politicians and consultants, who had the best chance of winning the party's nomination in 2008? the insiders picked allen as number one. number one. at the time they said of the former football player, allen knows t knows the per ills of looking upfield and it will raise eyebrows. george allen did not have an impressive win. he did not win at all. he lost because he said some kind of dumb, kind of racist things. but he also lost because virginia became democratic. in '04 bush won by 8 points. in 2008, president obama won by 6. now no one talks about george allen for president because it turns out that's what's really bad for your prospects is losing your own reelec

virginia over his republican challenger george allen. we'll have a live report from both camps coming up. >> the latest numbers you can see there. 55% of the votes. >> let's talk about president obama and mitt romney. one number on their minds tonight. that is the magic number, 270. that is how many electoral votes they need to win the presidency. >> it is still either candidates race tonight. >> reporter: this night, where we see tim kaine now coming up on top in virginia, we still do not have an answer in virginia, but you know, mark, you and i have been on the phones recently. we've got some information about the situation with this extended vote we're hearing about. we're hearing prince william county is the place where people are still waiting to vote. we're going to first throw it

tim kaine defeated george allen by 53-47%. he'll succeed democrat jim webb, who beat george allen six years ago. megan mcgrath is live outside the kaine campaign headquarters in alexandria, virginia. >> reporter: you can see the campaign signs are still here along the side of the road. campaign headquarters very quiet here in alexandria, as you would imagine. a very late night for the folks manning that office. the republican party had hoped this was an opportunity to gain a seat in the senate, a seat george allen had previously held, but it was not to be. tim kaine last night thanked his supporters at a victory party in richmond. he thanked them for all their hard work, and he attributed his success to their grass roots efforts. kaine had just begun his victory speech when he was handed a note. he then switched gears and made a big announcement. >> in 2008 virginia made wonderful history by sending a fiscally responsible former governor to the united states senate and helping to put barack obama in the white house. the night

george allen was out early this morning in alexandria. tim kaine cast his vote enrichment. tim kaine has a slight edge. >> there were some headaches at the polls today after eight voting machines in district heights went down. the lines were at a standstill in the hallways of francis scott key elementary school. the frustration showed. >> i do have a bad back. they did not offer a place for the seniors. >> we are very disappointed. they have had for years to coordinate all of this. >> for some, the wait was too much. one man had to go to the hospital. we want to hear about any problems you notice at the polls today. share your stories at wjla.com. >> despite the rough weather of the past three, survivors of hurricane sandy are voting. >> a brush with possible winter weather is heading this way. >> forget the winter weather the redskins want to get out of town. >> hurricane sandy and the cleanup are not dampening voter turnout in new york. >> people lined up to cast their ballots. turnout has been very height in new jersey and new york. the metro transit authorities provided

george allen has the same record.but we will hear from wanda in a north carolina on the democrats' line. barbara comstock and brian moran are the guests. caller: i was calling. in 2008 when president obama got in there, we were in trouble for the eight years president bush was there. i have seen a lot of changes in my life. i had children in college and they all succeeded. and when president obama did do the thing for the colleges, my daughter had came out without a whole lot of unnecessary -- having to pay back that money to her scholarship. my other daughter is still paying way over the amount and they are still suffering from that. i already voted. i did early voting. we shouldn't be arguing back and forth about democrat and republican and whenever. because all of us will go to one heaven or one hell and there should be togetherness. all the negative ads, it does hurt the independent voters and the one out here trying to vote because it is nothing nice. it is just mean. today, i just thank you for giving me a chanc

george allen conceded last night. night. >>> coming up next be a look at how newspapers nationwide are marking this moment in history. >> and are big issues on the ballot for the voters in the district. the city council pushes to crack down on bad behavior and voters help make it happen. fox 5 morning news is back in a moment.  >>> a second term. president obama will remain in office for another four years. the result of the close race making headlines around the nation and the world this morning. nearly all of them showing the first family celebrating their victory. >> on the local level, let's turn to the district and the most watched race there. chairman of the d.c. council. >> phil mendelsohn has been in that seat on an interim basis since kwame brown resigned. last night, mendelsohn won the society. society. >>> d.c. voters also had some ballot amendments to decide on as well. all three amendments passed by an overwhelming majority. amendment five will allow the council to kick a member ou

george allen just isn't watching out for us. anncr: the democratic senatorial campaign committee is... responsible for the content of this advertising. look, the reason i'm in this race is there are people that are really hurting today in this country. and we face this deficit -- could crush the future generations. and republicans and democrats both love america but we need to have leadership -- leadership in washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done and could not care less if it's a republican or a democrat. i've done it before, i'll do it again. i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. . >>> gas prices are falling -- falling. the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded posted the biggest drop of 21 cents over the weekend and puts the price of gallon regular at $3.47. one reason behind the drop is super storm sandy. full few people are traveling and nationwide, there is relief at the pump n. hardest hit areas like new jersey and new york, there are gas shortage booms. the long lines of

george allen has the same record. host: we will get to the senate race in a minute but we will hear from wanda in a north carolina on the democrats' line. barbara comstock and brian moran are the guests. caller: i was calling. in 2008 when president obama got in there, we were in trouble for the eight years president bush was there. i have seen a lot of changes in my life. i had children in college and they all succeeded. and when president obama did do the thing for the colleges, my daughter had came out without a whole lot of unnecessary -- having to pay back that money to her scholarship. my other daughter is still paying way over the amount and they are still suffering from that. i already voted. i did early voting. we shouldn't be arguing back and forth about democrat and republican and whenever. because all of us will go to one heaven or one hell and there should be togetherness. all the negative ads, it does hurt the independent voters and the one out here trying to vote because it is nothing nice. it is just m

. >>> and as we move to virginia democrat tim kaine beat republican george allen in the u.s. senate race there. are 52% to 48% was the final numbers, kaine will replace jim webb who is retiring from his seat. >>> in the district of columbia michael brown was defeated. >> david grosso edged him out. >> brown was troubled by a string of uncomfortable revelations concerning his finances. >> upset over a string of ethical failures by various city leaders, brown is out, david grosso is at large city councilman in our district. >> we want to get live to ko im. good morning. >> reporter: good morning andrea and mike. we continue to see most ethics this morning, three charter amendments surrounded the character of the politicians and they all passed overwhelmingly. the numbers tell the story of how voters want the 13 member council and the mayor to stay away from trouble. amendment 5 now lets council members with a five out of six vote to expel one of thinker own for quote -- their own for quote gross misconduct. also convicted of a felony while in office cannot complete his or her t

in the battle for the senate, tim kaine and george allen are battling for retiring senator jim webb's seat. he took the seat from allen in 2006 mostly because of some democratic strongholded up here in northern virginia am lot of people will be watching the northern virginia vote today. kaine was polling well in october but his lead has narrowed significantly. the most recent average of polls showing kaine with a less than two-point lead. voter i. d. here could be a very interesting factor today. the law has changed so if you don't bring a valid i. d. now, instead of just signing an affidavit and having your vote go into the regular votes, you have to vote a provisional ballot and come back later to verify that it was indeed your vote before it can be counted. if the race is very, very close in virginia, if it comes down to those provisional ballots, that where is we could see things start to get interesting because many of those will not be voted until friday. back to you. >> thank you. >>> let's take a break from the election just for a moment and talk about another heated issue. >>

now we're going to head over to the george allen headquarters where my colleague andrea mccarron takes over. andrea, what's going on over there? >> reporter: i am with susan allen who in this day and age a candidate's wife seems to log swch mileages the candidate himself. what are you hearing on the road with regards to women's issues? >> it's all about the pocketbook. women are concerned about the economy, whether they can get a job, whether their children can get a job, whether their spouse or friend can get a job. i've been on the road a year and a half and that was the topic everybody across the board was discussing. the policies have been more harm full to women. >> reporter: how difficult is it to listen to some of the negative attacks on your husband in that whole election has been marked by that? >> it's unfortunate because, again, i think voters are smarter than that. i think they see through the issues that are portrayed as women's issues. they understand there are people like george allen who want to work hard to get the economy going on like he did as governor bringing jobs

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george allen just isn't watching out for us. anncr: the democratic senatorial campaign committee is... responsible for the content of this advertising. what mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >>> we're just hours away from the polls opening up across the country. president obama is wrapping up his campaigning tonight, but mitt romney is making last minute plans to make campaign stops in ohio and pennsylvania tomorrow. fox news anchor shepard smith joins us tonight. what do you think this means? the president wrapping up tonight heading home to chicago, mitt romne

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tim kaine defeated george allen by 6%. he will succeed jim webb, who beat allen six years ago when he was a senator. kaine told supporters that both parties have to work together to keepmerica on the right track. >> working together, we will remind virginiians and all americans that our institutions of government can actually function again. that our leaders will be satisfied with partisan politics and rise to tackle the challenges that face our nation. we know that, as a commonwealth and as a country, we've been through tough times, and we know that many of our friends and neighbors and family members are still struggling. but you know what, unlike some of the doom and gloom you see perpetrated out there, i'm not pessimistic because we've been through tough times before, and we've come out stronger for it. >> this campaign was not for us. this campaign was for the people of virginia. the people of virginia remain in our hearts. the people of virginia, until my dying breath, will have my eternal gratitude for the honor and

republican george allen still hanging on to a very slender the advantage of this time.till a lot more counties to report. of course waiting to hear as we said earlier from those two northern virginia counties of prince william and loud and that were strongholds were president obama in 2000. still too close to call. the question is, will the 13 electoral votes the viejo carries with it be enough if romney does not manage to pull out a win in florida, ohio, and points from there? we shall see. still too close to call with about 70 percent of the vote in. back to you. neil: thank you. ashley webster, learning this from our colleagues in ohio. the president leads into a of a county. 140,000 votes. one-third of the present and. now, roughly 70-30 margin. countywide. it could mean another 280,000 votes which would put it out of the range of provisional balance by that i mean it bring in the lawyers, bring in the protests god keep this locked up in litigation. in other words, barack obama's win, if it were to the terrace would be beyond the margin half. which means much like k

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republican george allen cast his ballot in alexander re. a tim kaine in richmond. both men campaigned on their track records. kaine's path inspired. obama supporters to back him today. buttal voters decided to vote down party lines. the presidential race helping to dictate the rest of the ballot. i'm a diehard republican. democrats tend to push responsibility away from the states and on to the federal government. >> reporter: the powe show a tight race to the finish. >> you never know which way virginia will go. >> they are hoping to replace retiring senator jim webb. he has been out on the campaign trail with his fellow democrat, tim kaine. >>> people in areas hit hard by super storm sandy last week are still finding ways to get to the polls. election officials say turnout is heavy in parts of new york. voting machines are set up in tents. voting was delayed when workers couldn't get the generators to work. in new jersey, election officials extended the deadline for clerks to process e-mail ballots. displaced voters can now e-mail or fax their ballots as late as f

voters hat washington -- at washington mill elementary school were joined by republican candidate george allen. allen used the opportunity to do some last-minute campaigning in the critical and closely watched race. despite the initial long wait voters were not deterred. >> it took me about 30 seconds to actually vote. but it took me about an hour to get through the line. >> we just stood in line for an hour and a half to make sure we cast our vote. that's what it means to us. >> democrat tim kaine cast his ballot this morning in richmond. that's where candidates mt. most extense -- in the most expensive race in the senate will spend the night. >>> in maryland they were busy getting out the vote and while state officials say turnout is good there were some questionable facebook postings. bruce leshan is live with that part of the election story from the harbor today. >> we're live in national harbor because this is the headquarters for the yes on question 7 folks and they too are hoping to have a big old victory party here. that is the casino question. the expanding gaming in maryland question

george allen continued to campaign all the way up to the voting booth, and he made sure as tempting as it might be not to cut in line. >> it took me about 30 seconds to actually vote, but it took me about an hour to get through the line. >> we just stood in line for an hour and a half to make sure we cast our vote, so that's what it means to us. >>reporter: you feel like it really counts this year. >> oh, yeah, absolutely. without a doubt. >> absolutely. >>reporter: even though you all just canceled each other out. >> yeah, well, we hope that there's more, right? >>reporter: in this race, the other deem, democrat tim kaine, he spent the morning casting his vote in richmond. all in, this race will be the most expensive senate race in the country and likely one of the closest. it'll all come down to those undecided independent voters, and just because they give a candidate a handshake on election day doesn't mean he'll get their vote. >> shook his hand, said hello. >>reporter: but you didn't vote for him? >> no. >>reporter: both candidates are preparing for a nerve- wracking night. they'

and a lot of that was george allen getting a boost from romney's.e continues to be popular in the state of virginia. but i think primarily it was a lot closer because of what happened in the closing weeks of the presidential race. i don't think anybody was quite surprised it ended up being that close. right up until the end they were saying that race had become neck and neck and too close to call. >> all right. thank you. >> still ahead during this hour, lessons learned from last night's results. why republicans have a long way to go when it comes to minority support. why it was a big night for same sex marriage and marijuana. time right now is 8:37. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ we were skipping stones ♪ and letting go ♪ over the river and down the road ♪ [ female announcer ] at nature valley, we know nature comes together in amazing ways. that's why we bring together natural ingredients, like dark chocolate with toasted oats, or sweet golden honey. perfect combinations of nature's delicious ingredients, from nature valley. ♪ ♪ i was thinking that i hop

george allen just isn't watching out for us. anncr: the democratic senatorial campaign committee is... responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> our election day coverage continues right now with spotlight on ohio and its 18 electoral votes. early voting started in early october. and i guess you could say it never ended cause it could -- you can still cast votes in ohio until yesterday at 2:00 p.m. you could still cast votes. then the polls open up this morning at 6:30. ballots cast before today have been scanned in but won't be counted until the polls close in ohio at 7:30 tonight. the virginia board of elections says the number of absentee voters increased. >> but the number of registered voters decreased. so will this affect the voting in virginia? live in fairfax county now. how are the polls holding up there so far? >> reporter: so far so good. ever since this morning , 5:30 this morning, a steady pace. people waiting in line patient tee and happily to cast their votes. interesting you mention that about the regi

george allen just isn't watching out for us. anncr: the democratic senatorial campaign committee is... responsible for the content of this advertising. look, the reason i'm in this race is there are people that are really hurting today in this country. and we face this deficit -- could crush the future generations. and republicans and democrats both love america but we need to have leadership -- leadership in washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done and could not care less if it's a republican or a democrat. i've done it before, i'll do it again. i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. >>> and on the x factor there could already be tension between mario and chloe. >> here's what's going to happen tonight. >> each judge will choose two of their acts. >> that's just a little clip of the show. nothing seems to be going wrong there. but sources say chloe accused mario of messing her up on the stage. the rumor has it producers want chloe want her off the tele prompter. >> that happens all the time